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Al Jazeera rebuffs Israeli accusation that slain pair were terrorists
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Palestinians look at a car targeted by an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan. 7, 2024, in which two journalists were killed. (AP/Hatem Ali)
Al Jazeera has rejected allegations by the Israeli army that one of its journalists was a terror operative after it killed him in a Gaza air strike.
“Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns and wholly rejects – and indeed expresses its very considerable surprise at – the Israeli army’s false and misleading attempts to justify the killing of our colleague Hamza Wael Dahdouh and other journalists,” the Qatar-based network says in a statement.
Israel initially said the two were riding with a terrorist flying a drone when hit, then appeared to backtrack Monday, before reversing course again Wednesday, publishing what it said was proof the two were actually part of Gazan terror groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
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