Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

Gaza health officials reported that Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people on Saturday, including two children and four members of the same family, amidst ongoing violence in the Palestinian territory.

Al Jazeera confirmed its cameraman, Ahmed Wishah, was killed in what it described as an "Israeli bombardment" targeting a house in the Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip. The Qatar-based network condemned the incident as a "deliberate killing," highlighting that Wishah's brother, Mohammed Wishah, also a correspondent for Al Jazeera, was killed by Israeli forces in April.

"The Network denounces the continuation of these crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces against its correspondents and staff in Gaza, and renews its call on the international community and legal institutions to take urgent, practical measures to hold the Israeli officials involved in these appalling crimes accountable," Al Jazeera stated.

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The Network denounces the continuation of these crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces against its correspondents and staff in Gaza, and renews its call on the international community and legal institutions to take urgent, practical measures to hold the Israeli officials involved in these appalling crimes accountable, and to adopt deterrent mechanisms to end the targeting of journalists.

An Israeli military spokesman confirmed they "carried out a strike on Ahmed Wishah," whom he identified as "a Hamas terrorist." The spokesman did not immediately provide evidence for this claim but stated further details would be released. This assertion comes after media rights groups reported that Israeli forces have killed over 220 journalists since October 2023, with at least 70 killed in the context of their professional duties.

Separately, an overnight air strike on an apartment building in Gaza City's Sabra neighborhood killed four members of the Al-Safadi family, including a couple and their two daughters. Civil defense reported 12 others were injured in the strike. Al-Shifa hospital confirmed receiving the bodies of the four family members, identified as young children Zina, aged four, and Lana, aged 14.

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Around 2 o'clock, my cousins were asleep when a missile struck them. They have no connection to Hamas, nor are they involved in anything. They're just innocent children.