{"id":105683,"date":"2024-07-31T19:31:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T19:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/31\/two-journalists-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-as-blast-hits-car-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-07-31T19:31:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T19:31:07","slug":"two-journalists-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-as-blast-hits-car-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/31\/two-journalists-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-as-blast-hits-car-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Two journalists killed in Israeli airstrike as blast hits car in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/07\/768x432\/skynews-crawford-beirut_6643766.jpg?20240731121525&amp;resize=768,432&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Two journalists killed in Israeli airstrike as blast hits car in Gaza\" title=\"Two journalists killed in Israeli airstrike as blast hits car in Gaza\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Two Al Jazeera journalists working in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli airstrike, the Qatari TV network has claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Reporter Ismail al Ghoul and cameraman Rami al Refee had been on an assignment to film near the house of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh when they died, according to the pair&#8217;s colleague Anas Al Sharif.<\/p>\n<p>The two men and a child, who was not identified, had been travelling in a car which was struck by a blast in Gaza City, said the network and ambulance service.<\/p>\n<p>The AP news agency said the pair were reporting at the Shati urban refugee camp, the birthplace of Haniyeh.<\/p>\n<p>The Israeli army has not immediately commented on the journalists&#8217; deaths.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-site-video callfn\" data-account-id=\"6058004172001\" data-amp-iframe-embed=\"\" data-asset-id=\"63194488-9ace-41b6-bcfa-3aaf9a2b6cd3\" data-asset-path=\"\" data-asset-version=\"\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-auth-config=\"\" data-caption=\"Sky News at site of Israeli strike in Beirut\" data-clip-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"sdc-site-video\" data-competition=\"\" data-copy-url-text=\"URL copied to clipboard\" data-fn=\"sdc-site-video\" data-id=\"id_63194488-9ace-41b6-bcfa-3aaf9a2b6cd3\" data-is-live-stream=\"false\" data-lite=\"true\" data-options=\"\" data-originator-id=\"51\" data-originator-handle=\"brightcove-news-gb\" data-package-name=\"\" data-provider=\"brightcove\" data-player-id=\"RC9PQUaJ6\" data-playsinline=\"\" data-sensitive=\"false\" data-sdc-id=\"6643867\" data-sdc-video-id=\"63194488-9ace-41b6-bcfa-3aaf9a2b6cd3\" data-sport-category=\"\" data-state=\"loading\" data-token-state=\"none\" data-video-ad-unit=\"\" data-video-blacklisted-originator-ids=\"\" data-video-id=\"ref:63194488-9ace-41b6-bcfa-3aaf9a2b6cd3\" data-video-type=\"\" data-auto-pause-on-not-visible=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-closed-captions-position=\"middle-third\" data-show-closed-captions=\"true\" data-show-pip=\"true\" data-show-live-stream-scrubber=\"true\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__inner\">\n<div class=\"sdc-site-video__content\" data-role=\"bridge-controller\" style=\"padding-bottom: calc(100% \/ ());\">\n<p class=\"sdc-site-video__accessibility-message\" data-role=\"accessibility-message\">Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player<\/p>\n<p>              <span aria-hidden=\"true\" data-role=\"poster\" class=\"sdc-site-video__poster\"><\/p>\n<p>              <span class=\"sdc-site-video__loader\"\/><br \/>\n                <span class=\"sdc-site-video__time\">0:44<\/span><br \/>\n              <\/span><\/p>\n<p>              <video id=\"id_63194488-9ace-41b6-bcfa-3aaf9a2b6cd3\" data-embed=\"default\" data-application-id=\"\" class=\"video-js sdc-site-video__tag\" controls=\"\" playsinline=\"\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"sdc-site-video__caption ui-media-caption\">\n<p>              <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\" data-role=\"caption-text\">Sky News at site of Israeli strike in Beirut<\/span><br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/hamas-leader-killed-israel-gaza-haniyeh-middle-east-iran-latest-ceasefire-sky-news-live-blog-12978800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow latest updates on Middle East tensions<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Haniyeh was killed in Iran&#8217;s capital Tehran earlier on Wednesday in an attack <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/Britons urged to leave Lebanon as Middle East tensions soar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which Hamas blamed on Israel.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Their deaths bring the total number of Palestinian journalists killed in Israel&#8217;s nearly <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/israel-hamas-war\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10-month<\/a> <\/strong>offensive in Gaza<strong> <\/strong>to 165, said the Hamas-run government media office.<\/p>\n<p>More than 39,400 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel launched a retaliatory offensive against Hamas after the militant group massacred 1,200 people in southern Israel on 7 October and took more than 250 hostages.<\/p>\n<p>Al Jazeera managing editor Mohamed Moawad said in a post on X that Mr Ghoul was killed &#8220;while courageously covering the events in northern Gaza&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/hamas-leader-killed-israel-gaza-haniyeh-middle-east-iran-latest-ceasefire-sky-news-live-blog-12978800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ismail was renowned for his professionalism and dedication, bringing the world&#8217;s attention to the suffering and atrocities committed in Gaza,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ghoul was described as a &#8220;determined journalist who refused to succumb to hunger, illness, and the loss of his brother,&#8221; as he &#8220;relentlessly covered the events and delivered the reality of Gaza to the world through Al Jazeera&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-tweet\" data-component-name=\"sdc-article-tweet\" data-consent=\"pending\" data-vendor-name=\"twitter\">\n<section aria-label=\"Consent required\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock\" data-component-name=\"ui-consent-roadblock\" data-aspect-ratio=\"\" style=\"--width: 7; --height:4;\">\n<div class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body\">\n        <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__title\">X<\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__description\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\"><br \/>\n                This content is provided by <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\">X<\/span>, which may be using cookies and other technologies.<br \/>\n                To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies.<br \/>\n                You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\">X<\/span> cookies or to allow those cookies just once.<br \/>\n                You can change your settings at any time via the <a href=\"#privacy-options\">Privacy Options<\/a>.<br \/>\n            <\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__description\" data-show-on-fallback=\"true\"><br \/>\n                Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\">X<\/span> cookies.<br \/>\n                To view this content you can use the button below to allow <span class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__vendor-title\">X<\/span> cookies for this session only.<br \/>\n            <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link-group\">\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-permanently\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\" data-show-on-fallback=\"false\">Enable Cookies<\/a><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\" class=\"ui-consent-roadblock-body__link ui-consent-roadblock-once\" data-single-click-vendor-name=\"twitter\">Allow Cookies Once<\/a>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p>A post on Mr Ghoul&#8217;s X account showed the ruins of Haniyeh&#8217;s house.<\/p>\n<p>The journalists&#8217; deaths come amid heightened tensions in the Middle East after a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/israeli-military-says-it-killed-right-hand-man-to-hezbollah-leader-in-retaliatory-strike-on-beirut-suburb-13187630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Israeli strike<\/strong><\/a> in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday killed Fuad Shukr, a top Hezbollah military commander.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-strapline sdc-article-strapline--default-layout\" data-component-name=\"sdc-article-strapline\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-strapline__link\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-strapline__image-wrap\">\n                <picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/320x180\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png 320w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/640x380\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png 640w\" media=\"(max-width: 480px)\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/256x256\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png 256w, https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/512x512\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png 512w\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/03\/512x512\/skynews-gfxwhatsapppromo-gfxwhatsapp_6490206.png\" alt=\"Follow Sky News on WhatsApp\" class=\"sdc-article-strapline__image\"\/><br \/>\n                <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-strapline__body\">\n                <span class=\"sdc-article-strapline__title\">Follow Sky News on WhatsApp<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-strapline__text\">Keep up with all the latest news from the UK and around the world by following Sky News<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va868Fv8vd1UsF99tP1u\" class=\"sdc-article-strapline__button\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tap here<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>     <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/download-app\" target=\"blank\" data-tracking-label=\"ui-app-promo-download-link\" class=\"ui-app-promo sdc-article-widget\" data-type=\"\" data-component-name=\"ui-app-promo\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Israel blamed him for the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/golan-heights-strike-deadly-football-pitch-attack-was-under-two-miles-from-base-targeted-by-hezbollah-sky-news-analysis-shows-13186963\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rocket attack<\/a><\/strong> last weekend that killed 12 children and teenagers in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/two-journalists-killed-in-israeli-airstrike-in-gaza-13188183\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Al Jazeera journalists working in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli airstrike, the Qatari TV network has claimed. 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