https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/13/al-jazeera-reporter-camera-operator-seriously-hurt-israeli-airstrike-gazahttps://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/13/journalists-including-al-jazeera-reporter-injured-in-israel-gaza-strikehttps://www.barrons.com/news/israel-says-wounded-al-jazeera-journalist-a-hamas-militant-1523a11c
Here's the Al Jazeera snippet:
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Two journalists, including an Al Jazeera reporter, have been wounded in an Israeli attack north of Rafah in southern Gaza.
Abu Omar has had his right leg amputated, but pieces of shrapnel remained in his head and chest. Doctors were trying to save his left leg. He was undergoing surgery after suffering significant blood loss from a possible cut in the femoral artery.
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Al Jazeera Media Network condemned what it said was a “deliberate targeting” of the journalists by Israeli forces.
The Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza denounced the “targeting of the Al Jazeera channel crew for the fifth time” in the “deliberate” attack.
“This targeting comes within the framework of intimidation of journalists,” it said, to prevent media coverage of the military offensive in Gaza.
At least 126 journalists have been killed in Gaza since October 7, while 10 others have been arrested, according to GMO figures.
“This is not the first incident, and we are expecting this is not the last one. There are ongoing, systematic, almost consistent attacks on journalists. Since the beginning of this war, more than 100 journalists have been targeted,” Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud said.
aaaand then:
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The Israeli army on Wednesday said an Al Jazeera journalist wounded in an air strike in Gaza was a Hamas militant who filmed himself at a kibbutz during the October 7 attack.
The broadcaster itself reported on Tuesday that Arabic language reporter Ismail Abu Omar and his cameraman Ahmad Matar were both seriously injured north of Rafah and taken to hospital for treatment.
But the Israeli military described Omar as "a deputy company commander in Hamas's Eastern Battalion of Khan Yunis".
"Abu Omar even filmed himself in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the October 7th massacre and published it on social media platforms," a statement read.
The Qatar-based television network has not yet responded to the latest accusation.