Posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, Al Jazeera referred to Abudaqa’s death as an “assassination”, and said that its legal filing to the ICC would include repeated attacks on network crews working in the Palestinian territories.
He said that journalists in Gaza were carrying a “human and noble message” for the world amid the ongoing war and would continue to work despite Israeli attacks.
According to Al Jazeera, Dahdouh was hit by shrapnel on his upper arm and managed to walk to Nasser hospital for treatment.
Al Jazeera said the cameraman was “left to bleed to death for over five hours,” adding it held Israel accountable for targeting its journalists and their families.
Al Jazeera’s managing editor, Mohamed Moawad, described Abudaqa as “a skilled professional but a compassionate soul who understood the power of visual storytelling”.
The Foreign Press Association (FPA), which represents several hundred journalists working for international news organisations, said it grieved the cameraman’s death.
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