Israel stated that Al Jazeera journalist was a deputy firm commander in Hamas’s Japanese Battalion
Jerusalem:
The Israeli military on Wednesday stated an Al Jazeera journalist wounded in an air strike in Gaza was a Hamas member who filmed himself at a kibbutz through the October 7 assault.
The broadcaster itself reported on Tuesday that Arabic language reporter Ismail Abu Omar and his cameraman Ahmad Matar had been each significantly injured north of Rafah and brought to hospital for remedy.
However the Israeli army described Omar as “a deputy firm commander in Hamas’s Japanese Battalion of Khan Yunis”.
“Abu Omar even filmed himself in Kibbutz Nir Oz through the October seventh bloodbath and revealed it on social media platforms,” a press release learn.
The Qatar-based tv community has not but responded to the newest accusation.
However on Tuesday it criticised the Israeli army for intentionally concentrating on its staff as they reported on the plight of civilians caught up within the conflict with Hamas.
The community stated the strike was a “totally fledged crime which provides to Israel’s crime towards journalists” and was geared toward stopping reporters protecting the conflict.
Abu Omar’s proper leg was blown off within the drone strike, whereas medical doctors had been making an attempt to save lots of the left one, Al Jazeera stated, quoting an emergency doctor.
The Committee to Shield Journalists has recorded the deaths of at the least 85 journalists and media employees — 78 of them Palestinian — for the reason that conflict erupted on October 7.
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