An independent Palestinian photojournalist whose social media coverage of the war in Gaza gave millions of people around the world a view of life and death in the besieged territory, has evacuated after surviving 108 days of reporting amid relentless bombings and battles.
He departed for Qatar hours after his post, aboard a Qatari military aircraft, from Egypt’s El Arish International Airport, about 45 kilometres east of the Rafah border crossing to Gaza — the territory’s sole entry-exit point.
GQ Middle East also named Azaiza its “Man of the Year” for 2023 for his “unwavering courage,” saying he “became a global figure, a vehicle of resilience, and the embodiment of hope for the people of Gaza and for the rest of us around the world.”
Hind Khoudary, one of the Palestinian journalists seen sending off Azaiza, called him "an incredible friend and brother," saying in an Instagram post that his “actions towards Palestine and Gaza set a unique mark in history.”
Last week, Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael Dahdouh left for medical treatment in Qatar, where the Arabic and English news network is based, after the 53-year-old was injured in an Israeli drone strike.
The veteran reporter had already endured his wife being killed in October, along with his 15-year-old son, seven-year-old daughter and a young grandson, when an Israeli airstrike hit the home in southern Gaza where they were sheltering after fleeing from the north.
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