AN Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people Gaza has claimed the life of an Al Jazeera cameraman and the network’s chief Gaza correspondent wounded.
Cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa and correspondent Wael al-Dahdouh had gone to Farhana school in the southern city of Khan Younis after it was hit by a strike earlier in the day. While they were there, an Israeli drone hit the school with a second strike, the network said.
“The network holds Israel accountable for systematically targeting and killing their journalists and their families,” Al Jazeera said in a statement.
“Following Samer’s injury he was left to bleed to death for over five hours, as Israeli forces prevented ambulances and rescue workers from reaching him, denying the much-needed emergency treatment,” it continued.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Dahdouh was hit by shrapnel on his upper arm and managed to reach Nasser hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries, the network reported.
The correspondent – whose wife, son, daughter and grandson were killed in ana Israeli airstrike in October– said the Al Jazeera crew had been accompanying civil defence rescuers.
