Hamza Dahdouh, son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh, was killed in an Israeli air strike in the west of Khan Younis, the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday.

يالله يا حمزة يا وجع القلب

كيف أعزّي والدك؟ كيف أعزّي إخوتك؟ ماذا أقول لهم الآن؟ كنا نعد لرؤيتكم.. وعدناكم بذلك

سحقاً لآلة الاحتلال الوحشية وسحقا لكلّ من ساهم ورضي..

إلى جنات النعيم أيها الشهيد البطل.. إلى جنات النعيم أيها الابن البارّ بأبيك.. إلى جنات النعيم أيها… https://t.co/K1lzEsk2bI pic.twitter.com/WD4Rh13pXo

— لولوة الخاطر Lolwah Alkhater (@Lolwah_Alkhater) January 7, 2024

The 27-year-old photojournalist was killed when a missile directly hit the vehicle he was traveling in. Dahdouh and his colleague Mustafa Thuraya were in the car at the time of being targeted. Thuraya also passed away in the attack.

الشهيد حمزة وائل الدحدوح

صحفي ومصوّر فلسطيني، عمل في الميدان منذ بداية العدوان، فقد عائلته وعلى رأسها والدته، دون أن يراها ويودّعها خلال العدوان. هو ابن الصحفي الشهير مراسل الجزيرة.

بقي صابرًا محتسبًا، وقف إلى جانب والده، عمل معه، وسانده، ولم يترك التغطية أبدًا.

استشهد يوم 7… pic.twitter.com/DH8E8CDxwx

— شهداء غزّة Gaza martyrs (@Gaza_Shaheed) January 7, 2024

Wael Dahdouh, 52, had lost his wife, daughter, grandson, and 15-year-old son in October in an Israeli air raid that hit the house they were taking shelter in.

Dozens of journalists have so far been killed in Israeli strikes since the war began on October 7.

Unbelievable devastating news.

The eldest son of Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh was killed today by an Israeli strike that targeted the car he was in.

Hamza Dahdouh was also a journalist.

Too much loss already for one family. That’s the story of Gaza.

— Dima Khatib (@Dima_Khatib) January 7, 2024

Hamza and his colleagues were doing fieldwork, documenting the level of destruction that was caused by an overnight airstrike targeting a residential zone near the road that connects Khan Younis with Rafah.

Every airstrike has an aftermath. It does not only cause a great deal of damage to the targeted home, but also to the surrounding areas. Hamza and his team were documenting these crimes — destruction, displacement, and people under the rubble — when they were targeted.

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