Al Jazeera holds memorial for Samer Abudaqa
The Qatar-based media network is holding a memorial for its journalist and cameraman Samer Abudaqa, who was killed last week by an Israeli drone attack while covering an earlier strike on a school in Khan Younis.
“Many of them [journalists in Gaza] were asked to leave but they preferred to stay including our fallen colleague Samer, for whom we stand today, calling for justice. Justice for the targeting and assassination of our colleague and all other fellow journalists operating in Gaza,” Al Jazeera Arabic’s news anchor, Mohammad Hamdan, said at the gathering in the network’s headquarters in Doha.
Wael Dahdouh, Al Jazeera’s Gaza Bureau chief, who was wounded in the attack that killed Abudaqa, joined the televised memorial via video link from Gaza.
“We cannot put our feelings into words. On this solemn moment, this saddening moment, this painful moment as we remember our fallen colleague, the cameraman Samer Abudaqa,” Dahdouh said.
“We are joining our voices to yours; we are here to express our rejection, yet we cannot express our sadness. We have lost many dear, beloved ones”.
“We are here to pledge we will continue to fulfil our mission. The journey of journalism continues even after Israel killed Samer Abudaqa,” he added.
Al Jazeera has said it will refer the killing of Abudaqa to the International Criminal Court.
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