mustafa thuraya and hamza al-dahdouh. hamza was the eldest son of al jazeera's gaza bureau chief wael al-dahdouh who had already lost his wife, daughter, another son, and a grandson in a israeli air strike in october. in december, he was injured himself in a drone strike that killed his cameraman. on sunday, wael al-dahdouh decried the israeli attacks on his family and the people of gaza. >> the world must see with their own eyes and not with israel's eyes. it must listen, watch all that is happening to the palestinian people. what has i family done to them? what have civilians in gaza strip done to them? they have not done anything. the world is blinded by what is going on in gaza. amy: al jazeera journalist hind khoudary broke down crying on air as she talked about the death of her friend and colleague hamza al-dahdouh. >> hamza was a very beautiful man and journalist and friend and i don't want to cry but i am reporting this right now because if hamza was here, he would want this report, the reporters to continue repor

wael al-dahdouh was thrown to the ground.e said when he regained awareness, he realized he was bleeding profusely from his arm and would bleed to death if he did not get medical attention. he saw the three civil defense workers accompanying then had been killed instantly. at a small distance away, he saw his colleague on the ground who have been wounded in the lower part of his body. wael said he seemed like he was screaming but he had lost much of his hearing from the blast. samer could not get up. realize the only chance they had was for him to get medical attention and get help to bring samer out as he could not get up. wael stumbled about 800 meters to the ambulance waiting. he begged them to go in and get samer but they insisted on evacuating him and another ambulance would retrieve him. there are videos of wael receiving treatment, calling on people to go get samer, to coordinate with the red cross. what we understand from wael and others, and ambulance did try to retrieve samer but they were fired on by israeli forces.

and in his first and only tv interview with western media al jazeera's gaza bureau chief wael al dahdouh tonight on his mission to keep reporting despite losing his wife, sons, daughter, and grant some two and israeli airstrike. and he's got something to say president to joe biden. i'm ayman mohyeldin, let's do it. ♪ ♪ ♪ t minus 48 hours. exactly two days from now, seven pm on monday evening, iowa caucus goers will make their voices heard in the first inclination gop primary contest. they're going to do it amid possibly life-threatening blizzard conditions, with temperatures across the state expected to be up to single digit negatives, a chill the state has not expressed and at least four tickets. nevertheless, finally, after months of debate and polls and endless sometimes mindless horse race punditry, we will finally have real result on the board. we will know how the republican candidates actually stack up against one another. so this should be a moment bursting with excitement and anticipation. after all, our democracy is going to be working. let's be honest here for a moment. it's n

if you remember wael al—dahdouh is the same correspondent who had lost his wife, his grandchild, hisin a separate strike in october early on in the fighting, but who himself was wounded when his cameraman was killed when they were filming last month. this is the latest that we are getting from khan younis but also the bombardment continues in central gaza. also worth saying the bbc has reached out to the idf to get their response to this particular incident. we are still waiting for that response. but i think this shows you the difficult picture that antony blinken faces with the fighting on the ground, with the continued tension in the west bank, including what happened injenin as well, you were saying, six palestinians dead, one israeli border officer killed and others wounded when their vehicle struck an explosive device. this is a very difficult and complicated picture and a complicated situation that antony blinken wants to calm down and also make sure that the fighting doesn't spill over in other areas of the region, specifically in lebanon. the prime minister has confirmed the

an october strike killed dahdouh's wife, two other children, and a grandson.ry of defense lloyd austin says he takes full responsibility for the delay in informing the white house and top pentagon colleagues of his hospitalization. in a statement, he said, "i recognize i could have done a better job ensuring the public was appropriately informed. i commit to doing better." pentagon officials told the white house that austin had been in the hospital since monday only after they themselves learned about it on thursday. president biden has spoken with austin, who remains in the hospital, and expressed his confidence in him. major winter storms are dropping the first major snowfall of the season in the east, and packing heavy snow from the rockies to the sierras and the cascades in the west. parts of massachusetts and maine already had nearly a foot of snow by this morning, and more is expected to fall through the night. in the south, severe storms. in fort lauderdale last night, a tornado damaged structures but didn't appear to cause any injuries. and, a rocket l

veteran palestinian journalist wael al dahdouh tried to stay brave for those of his loved ones still he held his son's hand, one last time. in october he lost his wife, his daughter, another son, and a grandson -- also killed by israeli airstrikes. yesterday, dahdouh's son hamza, also an al jazeera journalist like his father, was killed with another colleague, mustafa thoraya. an israeli drone strike hit their car. the idf said the intended target was a "terrorist" who piloted drones that threatened idf troops, and that two other "suspects were killed." but the committee to protect journalists has called for an independent probe as both journalists were driving to an assignment in gaza. cpj has documented 79 journalists killed so far in the war, nearly all of them palestinians, in gaza. after he mourned and prayed over his most recent loss, dahdouh did what he's always done -- returned to work, reporting on a war that has stolen almost everything from him. wael: the world must see with their eyes and not with israel's eyes. it must listen and watch all that is happening to the palest

wael al—dahdouh wishes the fighting would end. he's already lost family and several colleagues.jazeera correspondent buried his son, hamza, also a reporter killed in an airstrike. israel says they were targeting a suspect and were aware of others in his car. the latest of at least 75 local journalists who have been killed in gaza. paying the highest price to report this war to the world. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. with me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. good to see you again this morning. talk us through what happened overnight in more detail. ~ . ., , detail. we heard about this strike on — detail. we heard about this strike on northern - detail. we heard about this strike on northern gaza - detail. we heard about this strike on northern gaza on| strike on northern gaza on jabalia, where a house which was inhabiting more than 80 people, some of them are fled to this home to have a refuge, some of the people were in the house they were prisoners and some of the ——in some of the israeli presence at some point. this house was strike by an airstrike on more than 60 people w

one of the journalists hamza al dahdouh seen here on the right was the son of aljazeera�*s gaza bureauhis family to be killed during the conflict. horizon according to the committee to protectjournalists, as of january the 8th at least 79 journalists and media professionals have now been killed in gaza with reports of another 16 injured, 3 missing and 21 arrested. earlier i spoke tojonathan dagher who is the head of the middle east desk at reporters without borders and asked him what he finds most concerning about the rising death toll amongstjournalists. as this war enters its fourth month today as this war enters its fourth month toda , as this war enters its fourth month toda j . , , as this war enters its fourth month todaj . , , _ as this war enters its fourth month toda . , today the attempts by israeli forces today the attempts by israeli forces to suffocate — today the attempts by israeli forces to suffocate journalism _ today the attempts by israeli forces to suffocate journalism and - to suffocate journalism and eradicate journalism from gaza are fortunately continuing. there

wael al—dahdouh wishes the fighting would end. he's already lost family and several colleagues.era correspondent buried his son, hamza, also a reporter killed in an airstrike. israel says they were targeting a suspect and were aware of others in his car. the latest of at least 75 local journalists who have been killed in gaza. paying the highest price to report this war to the world. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. for more on the situation, i spoke to former us ambassador to malta and middle east policy council president, gina abercrombie—winstanley. i want to start with comments by the us secretary of state antony blinken on sunday, saying "more needs to be done to prevent civilian casualties." how much influence does the us have right now to change the behaviour of either israel or hamas?. thank you. the influence is considerable. it is a matter of whether that influence, that pressure, that leverage will be used. the statement from the secretary of state, the public one is one that has been repeated behind the scenes almost from day one. it is one that has been ratcheted u

israel's killing of wael dahdouh's son echoes across the airwaves and beyond as the bureau chief, he's long been a witness to gaza's struggles. lately he's become a symbol of its sorrows. he was shifl rouse, he was generous, he was tender. but wael hasn't just endured this one loss. wael's wife, his grandson, his younger son and his daughter were all killed in an israeli air strike in october. how can someone accept the death of a son after losing other family members, he said. hamza, an al jazeera journalist like his father was killed in an israeli air strike in southern gaza along with two other reporters. even after his latest tragedy, wael was back on the air just hours later. we will continue, he says, as long as we're alive. israel says they don't target journalists, but according to the committee to protect journalists, more than 70 reporters have been killed in gaza so far. journalists are facing a massacre, a bloodbath, wael said. this is a horrific number. the sound of israel's assault on gaza have been deafening. when a journalist dies, the only sound left is silence. matt b

wael al—dahdouh wishes the fighting would end. he's already lost family and several colleagues.jazeera correspondent buried his son, hamza, also a reporter killed in an airstrike. israel says they were targeting a suspect and were aware of others in his car. the latest of at least 75 local journalists who have been killed in gaza. paying the highest price to report this war to the world. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. earlier i spoke to our middle east correspondent yolande knell who told me about mr blinken�*s priorities. there have been some israeli ministers within the coalition government there, on the far—right in particular, that have been calling for forced displacement of palestinians, in effect, from the gaza strip. washington has already issued sharp rebukes about that and said the palestinians must be allowed to return to their homes in the north of the gaza strip, first of all, as soon as conditions allow. so that will be part of antony blinken�*s message as he comes here. otherwise, we can expect him to continue this conversation about trying to stop the regional

wael al—dahdouh wishes the fighting would end. he's already lost family and several colleagues.era correspondent buried his son, hamza, also a reporter, killed in an airstrike. israel says they were targeting a suspect and were aware of others in his car. the latest of at least 75 local journalists who have been killed in gaza. paying the highest price to report this war to the world. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. live now tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent yolande knell. can you just give us the context to what we are hearing about what antony blinken is going to be saying about saying that palestinians should not be pressured into leaving gaza? just explain why this has come about, because israeli ministers were talking about this, weren't they? were talking about this, weren't the ? . , , ., they? that is right. some israeli ministers within _ they? that is right. some israeli ministers within the _ they? that is right. some israeli ministers within the coalition - ministers within the coalition government, on the far right, they have been calling for a forced

among those killed in southern gaza is hamza al dahdouh, an aljazeera journalist and cameraman— who was have been hit by an israeli drone strike — this is their vehicle, near rafah. a second person in the car also died. hamza had been working alongside his father — — who is the aljazeera correspondent in gaza. this is wael, pictured at his son's funeral, along with other members of his family. dozens ofjournalists have been killed in gaza since fighting began three months ago. israel has said it does not targetjournalists — and that his country is the only one in the region which actually supports a free press. jodie ginsberg represents the committee to protectjournalists. i asked her what her organisation had heard about the incident. hamza was in a car with a freelance journalist and another member of aljazeera staff and they were on a road between khan younis and rafah when their car was hit by a drone strike. we understand they were en route to an area designated as a humanitarian zone to report on bombing in the area where the car was hit. so far it's been a deadly conflict to repo

aljazeera's gaza bureau chief wael al dahdouh has now left gaza for egypt to receive medical treatmenthe was injured in a strike last month, in which his cameraman was killed. five members of his family have been also killed since the war broke out on 7th october. i spoke to a colleague and friend of wael — our gaza correspondent rushdi abualouf who is in istanbul. i began by asking him about wael�*s condition. he was injured in the air strike, and there was shrapnel in his hand that damaged in a nerve in his hand. also some shrapnel to his abdomen. they were trying to treat ten in gaza, but given the circumstances around the hospitals and the lack of medicine and medical equipment, they couldn't do anything but, you know, try to keep his wounds clean. but he was from the first day they realised and by this time when they were trying to get him out and in an air strike, it was a sort of difficult situation and losing another member of his family, about ten members of his family, and some of his electives, when of the exciting news that he was allowed to leave gaza into egypt, now he's

south, an air strike near the city of rafah killed two journalists including the oldest son of wael dahdouh, al jazeera's chief correspondent. he also lost his wife, two children, and a grandchild in an october air strike. the cross-border fighting with lebanon is intensifying. the idf said it struck hezbollah targets in lebanon after a hezbollah rocket hit an air traffic control base in northern israel. >>> in the west bank, ten people were killed including a young girl as israeli police fired at a car that rammed a checkpoint, and a palestinian man killed by attackers while driving a car with israeli plates. >>> and as secretary of state antony blinken shuttles between capitals on his latest trip to the region, he says he's focused on preventing a wider conflict and securing the release of hostages in gaza. >>> and we are learning new details about the delays in letting top government officials know about defense secretary lloyd austin being in the hospital. the pentagon says austin had an undisclosed elective minor medical procedure december 22nd and went home a day later. he was admitte

wael al—dahdouh wishes the fighting would end. he's already lost family and several colleagues.ndent buried his son, hamza, also a reporter killed in an airstrike. israel says they were targeting a suspect and were aware of others in his car. the latest of at least 75 local journalists who have been killed in gaza. paying the highest price to report this war to the world. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. dozens of passengers faced flight conversations after the regulator said 171 boeing mac signs must be grounded until they pass safety checks and deemed safe. follows the friday incident after an alaska airlines plane had to do an emergency landing after losing part of its fuselage. this footage was taken from a passenger on flight flight 1282 after takeoff. look closely and you can see a hole in the side of the plane. 20 minutes after takeoff it made an emergency landing in oregon. luckily no—one was 0regon. luckily no—one was injured. oregon. luckily no-one was in'ured. ~ . , oregon. luckily no-one was in'ured. ~ ., , ., ., injured. we are very fortunate here this did _ injured

one of the journalists hamza al dahdouh was the son of aljazeera's gaza bureau chief and is the fifthr of his family to be killed during the conflict. according to the committee to protectjournalists as of january the 8th at least 79 journalists and media workers have now been killed in gaza with another 16 injured, three missing and 21 arrested. i'm joined now by tamer almisshal senior presenter for aljazeera and former gaza correspondent. tell us more about the friends that you lost at the weekend. it is tell us more about the friends that you lost at the weekend.— you lost at the weekend. it is a very difficult — you lost at the weekend. it is a very difficult moment - you lost at the weekend. it is a very difficult moment and - you lost at the weekend. it is a very difficult moment and a - very difficult moment and a difficult time for us as a colleague and a friend and as a palestinian and a friend and as a palestinian and a friend and as a palestinian and a journalist who covered this area, i covered gaza for almost 16 years for bbc as a producer and then for aljazeera as a corr

wael al—dahdouh wishes the fighting would end. he's already lost family and several colleagues.hey were targeting a suspect and were aware of others in his car. the latest of at least 75 local journalists who have been killed in gaza. paying the highest price to report this war to the world. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. to british politics now, and prime minister rishi sunak says the government is looking at legal options to clear the sub—postmasters wrongly convicted in the post office scandal, which he called �*an appalling miscarriage ofjustice'. mr sunak, in a wide ranging interview with the bbc�*s laura kuenssberg, also said he was committed to the plan to send some migrants to rwanda. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, reports. for rishi sunak, this is set to be a decisive year, issues crowding around. first, the growing calls to exonerate those caught up in the post office scandal. the prime minister was asked if he would act to clear the hundreds wrongfully convicted or have government, not post office, lawyers handle their appeals. the justice secreta

one of the journalists — hamza al—dahdouh seen here on the right — was the son of aljazeera's gaza bureaue fifth member of his family to be killed during the conflict. according to the committee to protectjournalists as of january the 8th — at least 79 journalists have now been killed in gaza — with another 16 injured, 3 missing and 21 arrested. for more on this i'm joined byjodie ginsberg — presdient of the committee to protectjournalists. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news under devastating circumstances as well, and it has been a really distressing weekend for aljazeera news network. they are just the latest in dozens ofjournalists who have been killed in this conflict. that's right. it is the deadliest conflict for journalists that the committee to protectjournalists has ever documented in the more than three decades that we have been doing this work. to give you some idea of the scale, in the first ten weeks of the war we recorded the killings of 77 journalists in the israel and gaza war. that is more journalists who have been killed over an entire year in any single country ev

one of the victims, hamza al—dahdouh, was the son of al—jazeera's gaza bureau chief.to be killed during the conflict. the aljazeera correspond bid farewell to his son who was killed along with another colleague in the israeli air strike. we can now speak to our gaza corresponded. when i read your tweet i was moved. have you managed to speak to him? t have you managed to speak to him? i did this morning and just like two days before, this war started in october that if i had lunch with his family, his wife was there and his grandson is and grand daughters were there. he had just returned from mecca, he was out for the first time in a long time. he was allowed to be out of gaza and it was like celebration mood and when i see the images of what has happened to his family, the first attack on his family, the first attack on his family, i was in gaza and i was able to support him and i was close to him but yesterday, unfortunately, i am out of gaza, i couldn't be next to him. we are friends since university age and we work together 25 years ago in a newspaper and all that

. >> joy, i mean, wael al-dahdouh is a person who is embodying what so many people in gaza are going live broadcast, after returning to the air, not just the first time, but the second time of burying a loved one, that he is going to continue and to report on what is happening in gaza because his story is like so many of the thousands of palestinians have been killed. people are determined and resilient and they have to keep living so, he sees his role in that larger part of the society and that's why he has been going back to the air. but he is a person of tremendous courage, of tremendous stamina, of tremendous discipline in his profession. but you also have seen side of him now that i think very few people had ever seen before, which is this emotional side, not a journalist, but a father, a husband, a grandfather. and somebody who has paid the ultimate sacrifice of having to see his kids and his grandsons killed very much in front of him, basically, with a lot of these images and reports that we have been seeing day in, day out. but he is a person who is dedicated to his professio

wael al—dahdouh wishes the fighting would end. he�*s already lost family and several colleagues. of others in his car. the latest of at least 75 local journalists who have been killed in gaza. paying the highest price to report this war to the world. wyre davies, bbc news, jerusalem. earlier i wasjoined by frank lowenstein — former us envoy for middle east peace — who explained the threat of a wider regional escalation. we�*ve already seen regional escalation to the point where this could spin out of control very quickly in yemen, in iraq, obviously in lebanon. so i think that�*s why blinken is going not only to israel, but also to other countries in the region to try to get everybody on the same page in terms of presenting a preventing regional escalation that nobody wants. he�*s got quite a to do list, hasn�*t he, on this tour? which of his goals do you think he will achieve? well, i think the preventing regional escalation is probably possible. i don�*t think lebanon, i don�*t think hezbollah wants that war. i don�*t think iran wants a war. so i think it�*s just a matter of tr

as the journalist hamza dahdouh was killed by an israeli missile strike., while outdo, who was injured recently and last multiple family members. another journalist killed today in the israeli air strike. what's your reaction to that news? more and more journalists are being killed, i believe you knew them well. you posted earlier today about a picture of you at hamza's wedding last year. >> yes, he is my friend. and most of all, he is my friend. i just want to say that days before hamza was killed by an israeli airstrike, targeting their car, he was telling me about missing his mom, he missed his mom and members of his family. just a month ago, an israeli airstrike hit their house in middle area of the strip. and so it was shocking to me to open my eyes and tried to check the news of what was happening around. there was a lot of heavy machine gun sounds around me. the area i am living in was filled with smoke, flames in the sky, and there is a lot of bombing. i was just checking the news, and suddenly i heard a friend of mine, a journalist, who was with m

among those killed in southern gaza is hamza al dahdouh, an aljazeera journalist and cameraman who wasen hit by an israeli drone strike. hamza had been working alongside his father, who is the aljazeera correspondent in gaza. this is waeed, pictured at his son's funeral, along with other members of his family. dozens ofjournalists have been killed in gaza since fighting began three months ago. for more on this, i'm now joined byjodie ginsberg from the committee to protect journalists. thanks for being with us. do you have any more information about how it happened?— it happened? what we believe is that hamza was in — it happened? what we believe is that hamza was in a _ it happened? what we believe is that hamza was in a car _ it happened? what we believe is that hamza was in a car with _ it happened? what we believe is that hamza was in a car with a _ it happened? what we believe is that hamza was in a car with a freelance l hamza was in a car with a freelance journalist and another member of al jazeera staff and they were on a road when their car was hit by a drone strike. we underst