Israel Targeted Another Al Jazeera Journalist In Gaza, Shooting Him In The Neck And Injuring Him Critically
Video filmed by journalist Musab Alshareef showed Fadi Al-Wahidi lying on the ground after he was shot and his colleagues unable to reach him.
Israeli forces targeted and fired on a group of journalists reporting on its attack and ground invasion of Jabalia refugee camp in North Gaza on Wednesday, Oct. 9.
The journalists had been covering the fifth day of Israel’s invasion of the camp, where Israeli forces were shooting at anyone who tried to enter or leave the camp, according to journalist Anas Al-Sharif, who was at the scene.
Al-Sharif said he and other journalists had been reporting from afar when heavy gunfire broke out.
An Israeli drone then appeared and started shooting at the journalists who were all clearly wearing press vests, Al-Sharif said.
The journalists tried to flee, but Al-Aqsa TV photojournalist Mohammad al-Tanani was killed after being shot by a sniper, according to a Roya news correspondent.
Journalist Tamer Lubad was injured and Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi Al-Wahidi was shot in the neck.
Video filmed by journalist Musab Alshareef showed Al-Wahidi lying on the ground after he was shot and his colleagues unable to reach him.
Al-Wahidi was eventually moved to a hospital but remains in critical condition.
Al Jazeera condemned Israel’s attacks on journalists especially those working for the outlet,as this incident comes just two days after Israeli forces targeted and attacked another Al Jazeera cameraman, Ali Al-Attar, in Deir al Balah and critically injured him.
Al Jazeera reported that a scan showed shrapnel was lodged in Al-Attar’s skull and there was bleeding in the brain, but no treatment is currently available in Gaza for this injury.
Israel has already killed several of Al Jazeera’s journalists since it began its genocide in Gaza, including the outlet’s Gaza bureau chief Wael Al-Dahdouh’s cameraman Samer Abudaqa, Al-Dahdouh’s journalist son Hamza, journalist Ismail Al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami Al-Rifi.
Israel has killed 176 journalists in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
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