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Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Gaza months after his journalist brother died in a separate strike
NBC News • • world
Key Points:
- Ahmed Washah, an Al Jazeera cameraman, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, along with two others; the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated he was targeted as a Hamas sniper operative.
- This incident occurred less than three months after Ahmed's brother, Mohammed Washah, an Al Jazeera correspondent, was killed in a separate Israeli airstrike in western Gaza City, with the IDF claiming he was a senior Hamas military figure.
- Al Jazeera has denied the IDF's allegations regarding both brothers, condemning the killings as attempts to silence and intimidate journalists, and a Hamas source also refuted any affiliation of Mohammed Washah with the group.
- Ahmed Washah was the 13th Al Jazeera employee killed by Israeli actions, having reported on multiple significant events, including alleged massacres in Gaza.
