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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Peter Beaumont

Al Jazeera reporter and camera operator seriously hurt in Israeli airstrike in Gaza

Smoke rises during an Israeli ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip
Smoke rises during an Israeli ground operation in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The journalists were working in Rafah when they were hit. Photograph: Bassam Masoud/Reuters

An Al Jazeera correspondent and a photojournalist have been seriously injured in an Israeli airstrike that allegedly targeted the pair while they were working in Gaza.

According to the Doha-based news network, Ismail Abu Omar, one of its correspondents, and his camera operator, Ahmad Matar, were in northern Rafah where they were documenting the living conditions of displaced Palestinian families when they were directly targeted by a missile fired by a drone.

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