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Al Jazeera rejects Israeli army's 'false justification' of journalist's killing
13 January 2024 12:15 GMT
Al Jazeera Media Network has dismissed Israeli justifications for the killing of one of its Palestinian journalists as "false and misleading".
The Qatar-based network said Friday that Hamza Wael al-Dahdouh, killed on 7 January 2024 along with another journalist, Mustafa Thuria (also spelled Thuraya), was targeted "simply for doing his job".
The Israeli army alleged the two reporters were members of "Gaza-based terrorist organisations". It provided no photo or video evidence showing links between the journalists and said groups.
The families of both journalists rejected the claim as "fabricated" and "false".
Al Jazeera said it was "considerably surprised" by the accusation, which it "strongly condemned and wholly rejected".
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