Samer Abu Daqqa

Samer Abu Daqqa (Arabic: سامر أبو دقة‎; c. 1978 – 15 December 2023) was a Belgian-Palestinian video journalist working for Al Jazeera. He was one of the founders of the channel’s office in the Gaza Strip where he worked as a photographer and technician for Al-Jazeera for almost twenty years. He also holds Belgian citizenship.[1]

Samer Abu Daqqa
سامر أبو دقة
Born(1978-Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{".-{{{day}}})Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "{"., 1978
Died (aged 45)
Khan Yunis, Occupied Gaza Strip
Cause of deathAirstrike
CitizenshipBelgium
Palestine
Alma materAl-Azhar University
OccupationVideo journalist, photographer, technician
EmployerAl Shaab
(? – 2004)
Al Jazeera
(2004 – 2023)
Children4
AwardsDistinguished Arab Journalist Award
(2004)
Distinguished International Journalist Award
(2007)

He was killed during the 2023 Israel–Hamas war after the Israeli army bombed an Al Jazeera crew in Khan Yunis on 15 December 2023, while he was covering a Haifa School airstrike.[2]

References

  1. "الجزيرة تعلن مقتل مصورها سامر أبو دقة بعد إصابته بقصف إسرائيلي جنوبي قطاع غزة". سبوتنيك عربي (in العربية). Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  2. "Al Jazeera journalist Samer Abudaqa killed in Israeli attack in Gaza". Al Jazeera.