Israel Has Targeted And Killed Another Al Jazeera Journalist In Gaza By Bombing His Car
Al Jazeera said it will pursue “all necessary legal action to prosecute those responsible for the killing of its correspondents and staff in Gaza.”
Israel killed Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Wishah in an airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, April 8.
Wishah, who worked as a correspondent for Al Jazeera Mubasher, had been traveling in his car on al‑Rashid Street in Central Gaza when the vehicle was struck by the airstrike.
The airstrike set the car completely on fire, leaving it destroyed beyond recognition.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, Al Jazeera condemned the attack as deliberate.
“This constitutes a new and flagrant violation of all international laws and norms, and reflects a continued systematic policy of targeting journalists and silencing the voice of truth,” it said.
Al Jazeera said it will pursue “all necessary legal action to prosecute those responsible for the killing of its correspondents and staff in Gaza.”
On Thursday, the Israeli military published aerial footage of the moment it struck the vehicle and claimed Wishah was a Hamas militant who had “operated under the guise of a journalist” and had been involved “in planning attacks against IDF troops.”
Both Al Jazeera and Hamas have denied Wishah’s affiliation with the group.
Two years before Wishah’s killing, his then 11-year-old daughter, Sumaya, gave a moving interview on Al Jazeera explaining how she wanted to follow in his footsteps and those of Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was deliberately killed by Israeli forces in 2022.
Since Israel began its genocide in Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023, it has been targeting journalists in the Gaza Strip and killed at least 262 journalists, making it the deadliest period for journalists in recorded history.
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