Israel Has Killed Another Al Jazeera Journalist And His Cameraman In Gaza While They Were Reporting
Ismail Al-Ghoul was known for his relentless commitment to documenting the suffering and bloodshed in Gaza, particularly Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital and in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Israel targeted and killed Al Jazeera journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Refee in an airstrike on their car on July 31, in Gaza’s Shati refugee camp shortly after they had reported on the assassination of Hamas’ political leader, according to Al Jazeera.
Al Jazeera has accused the Israeli military of deliberately targeting its journalists, asserting that al-Ghoul and al-Refee were wearing press vests, their vehicle was clearly marked as belonging to the press and they were in contact with their news desk 15 minutes before the strike.
Al-Ghoul was known for his relentless commitment to documenting the suffering and bloodshed in Gaza, particularly Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital and in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces also arrested him, along with several other journalists, when they raided and besieged Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital for the second time on March 18.
Al-Ghoul, who was later released, said Israeli forces blindfolded him and the other journalists, tied their hands, and made them lie on their stomachs for almost 12 hours.
“Without Ismail, the world would not have seen the devastating images of these massacres,” adding that al-Ghoul showed the reality of Gaza to the world,” Al Jazeera Arabic managing editor, Mohamed Moawad, wrote on X.
Al-Ghoul’s wife, who has been sheltering in a camp for displaced people in central Gaza and has been separated from him for months, is now left with their young daughter, according to Al Jazeera.
Al-Ghoul’s colleagues at Al Jazeera, including prominent journalist Hind Khoudary, paid tribute to his legacy and his work for the people of Gaza.
“Ismail wasn’t only a journalist, but he was also trying his best to help the people, to help feed people, and [get] medicine,” she said in an interview with Al Jazeera from Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces confirmed in a statement that they had “eliminated” Al-Ghoul, accusing him of being involved in “Hamas’s military activity,” a claim that Al Jazeera has rejected as “baseless.”
Israel has killed four Al Jazeera journalists since the beginning of its genocide in Gaza.
This includes Samer Abudaqa and Hamza Al Dahdouh, the cameraman and son respectively of Al Jazeera’s bureau chief in Gaza, Wael Al Dahdouh, who was also targeted and wounded by an Israeli airstrike,
This brings the number of killed journalists by Israel in Gaza since Oct. 7 to at least 111,according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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