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Israeli air strike kills family of Al Jazeera Gaza bureau chief
25 October 2023 17:59 BST
The wife, daughter and son of Al Jazeera Arabic’s Gaza bureau chief were killed in an Israeli air strike on Wednesday.
Wael al-Dahdouh, who is considered by many across the Arab world as the face of Al Jazeera’s Gaza coverage, was seen in footage published by Al Jazeera tearfully saying his goodbyes to his son after receiving the news of his death.
"You wanted to be a journalist," Dahdouh said while kneeling on the floor next to the dead body of his son.
"Take revenge on us with our children?" he said. "It's okay. To God we belong and to him we return."
He later said his tears were not out of "fear or cowardice" but rather of humanity.