Israel accused of killing cameraman working for Gaza TV network

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2024-10-10T22:34:12+05:00 AFP

 


Hamas accused Israel of killing a cameraman for a television station it operates in the Gaza Strip, while Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera also blamed Israeli forces for wounding one of its journalists in the territory's north.


Muhammad al-Tanani, a cameraman for Al-Aqsa TV, was buried Wednesday afternoon by colleagues at the Al-Ahli Arab hospital in northern Gaza City, according to AFP journalists.


In a statement, Hamas's press office called his killing an "despicable crime" and said the Israeli army was "fully responsible", without offering details of the circumstances of his death.


Al Jazeera, meanwhile, said Wednesday that one of its cameramen, Fadi al-Wahidi, was "injured by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza, becoming the second Al Jazeera cameraman to be injured in an Israeli attack this week".


According to an AFP journalist who was present, Wahidi was wounded in the neck in Jabalia, north of Gaza City, while covering Israeli operations in an area the army had previously told civilians to evacuate.


Al Jazeera said on X that his condition was critical.


The Israeli army did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment on the two incidents.


Israel's military has repeatedly accused journalists from Al Jazeera of links to Hamas or its ally Islamic Jihad.


The network has fiercely denied these accusations and said Israel systematically targets its employees in the Gaza Strip.


Four Al Jazeera journalists have been killed since the war in Gaza began, and the network's office in the territory has been bombed.


Attack damages ship off Yemen coast


A ship was struck and damaged by an "unknown projectile" in the Red Sea, a British maritime agency said on Thursday, following months of attacks by Yemen's Huthi rebels.


"The master of the vessel reports being hit by unknown projectile and the vessel has sustained damage, no fires or casualties reported," said the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations, which is run by the British navy.


The ship, which was not identified, also reported two more explosions nearby as it came under attack 70 nautical miles southwest of Hodeida, which is held by the Iran-backed Huthis, UKMTO said.


"The crew are reported safe. Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity," the agency added.


The Huthis, part of the "axis of resistance" of Iran-linked groups, have targeted ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden since November in what they describe as support for Palestinians during the Israel-Hamas war.


The attacks have seriously disrupted the vital trade route and triggered reprisal strikes by the United States and Britain against rebel targets in Yemen.

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