2024-01-08 10:46:19
While Palestinian journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh used to convey the suffering of the people of Gaza to the world during the past years, the tragedies that befell him successively turned his life into media material arousing sympathy in light of the Israeli war on the afflicted Strip.
The Qatari Al Jazeera satellite network reported on Sunday that journalist Hamza al-Dahdouh, son of the channel’s correspondent in the Gaza Strip, Wael al-Dahdouh, was killed in a bombing by an Israeli drone in the south of the Gaza Strip, weeks following the killing of a number of his family members, including his wife, son, daughter and grandson.
Hamza Al-Dahdouh had written hours before his death through his account on the “X” platform, addressing his father: “You are the patient and the one who seeks reward, my father, so do not despair of recovery, and do not despair of God’s mercy, and be certain that God will reward you well for your patience.”
Al-Dahdouh appeared in an emotional position as he gave his last farewell look to his son Hamza, as he kept kissing his son “Al-Bakri’s” hand several times, while crying bitterly, but he appeared minutes following his son’s funeral and stood in front of the camera and said, “We are continuing despite the sadness and loss, remaining committed to the covenant in “This is the path we chose voluntarily, and we watered it with blood.”
He added: “A person grieves and suffers from loss, so what if he is a firstborn son?” He pointed out that “his son Hamzah was everything to him,” and that these are “tears of sadness and separation, not tears of fear and alarm, tears of humanity that separate us from our enemies. We hope that he will be satisfied.” “May God be on our behalf and record us with those who are patient.”
Al-Dahdouh bids farewell to his son Hamza (dpa)
Wael, who has become an icon who enjoys great sympathy and love in the Arab world and the world, explained that “this situation is the reality of Palestinians bidding farewell to their loved ones,” calling on the world to look at what is happening in the Gaza Strip, and what people and journalists are subjected to there, calling on the world to put an end to this massacre, saying: “I hope that the blood of my son Hamza will be the last blood among journalists and people in the Gaza Strip.”
The government media office in the Gaza Strip announced that the killing of journalists Hamza Wael Al-Dahdouh and Mustafa Thuraya brings the number of journalists killed in Gaza to 109 since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Strip. Al-Dahdouh, whom the public has recently become accustomed to seeing as he bids farewell to his loved ones, had appeared 3 weeks ago giving a farewell look. The last one was on the body of his companion, Samer Abu Daqqa, a cameraman for the Al Jazeera network, who was killed in an Israeli bombing following bleeding for hours, while Al-Dahdouh survived and suffered injuries whose effects remained clear on his hand.
Al-Dahdouh’s famous word, “It’s okay,” which he said following the killing of a number of his family members on October 25, 2023, has recently become a trademark registered in his name, similar to the post of his colleague Sherine Abu Aqla, who was killed in May 2022 in the West Bank: “She needs a long breath… keep morale high,” which has become an iconic phrase that motivates Palestinians to persevere.
Followers used Imam Ali bin Abi Talib’s famous saying regarding patience to support Al-Dahdouh: “I will be patient until patience fails me. I will be patient until the Most Merciful looks into my matter. I will be patient until patience knows that I have been patient with something more bitter than patience.”
The French newspaper Le Monde reported in a report at the end of October last year that Wael Al Dahdouh’s face had become known to viewers due to his many appearances on Al Jazeera.
Le Monde said that the evening of October 25, 2022, when the Palestinian journalist received news of the killing of members of his family while he was on the air, changed his life.
Al-Dahdouh captured the attention and sympathy of the Arab masses during that incident when he approached the body of his 16-year-old son, Mahmoud, wrapped in a white shroud. Then he included Sham, his young daughter, six years old, and his infant grandson, Adam, who was killed when he was only 45 days old.
My brother Wael Al-Dahdouh… I have never seen anything more like Gaza than you… its steadfastness, its patience, its sacrifice… its blood, its children, its pain… Oh God, strengthen the Wael and Gaza, be patient with the Wael and Gaza, and give victory to the Wael and Gaza.. pic.twitter.com/jecDg2dgks
– Dr. Raafat Al Masri (@drrafatmasri) January 7, 2024
A hashtag bearing the name Wael Al-Dahdouh topped the trend on the “X” website in Egypt and many Arab countries on Sunday, as many expressed their deep sympathy for the Palestinian journalist, and the owner of an account on “X” bearing the name “Yasser” wrote: “He bids farewell to his son, embraces his daughter, and remembers His wife and children are martyrs… This sadness is too great for one person’s heart to bear.”
A page called “Jerusalem Rising Up” published a short video clip in which “Dahdouh’s daughter appeared hugging him and saying to him while crying: “Amanah is a shadow of ours… O father, we have no one but you.” The “Dhad” page published a post in which it said: “Wael Al-Dahdouh is Gaza in human form.”
Al-Dahdouh with members of his family (dpa)
The Jordanian artist, Phaedra, posted on her account on “X” a video clip of Wael eulogizing his eldest son, saying: “I bear God as witness that my firstborn son, Hamzah, was one of the righteous, and he was chivalrous, generous, giving, and tender.”
An account owner called “Othman Al-Thuwaini” commented on the killing of the son of the Palestinian journalist, saying: “You are in humanity the weight of poetry and its rhyme, you are in journalism its beginning and its news, and you are in Gaza, its past, present and future.”
‘I bear God’s witness that my firstborn son, Hamza, was one of the righteous, and he was generous, generous, and generous….and he was affectionate.’ He was compassionate. Wael Al-Dahdouh in mourning for his martyr son, Hamza. pic.twitter.com/2bDneyLPLj
– Phaedra Phaedra (@PhaedraAlMasri) January 7, 2024
Egyptian artist Akram Hosni published a picture of journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh through his official account on the social networking site “Instagram”, and commented on it, saying: “There are no words that can fulfill your right and your struggle… May God give you patience and strengthen your heart.”
While the Algerian novelist Ahlam Mosteghanemi wrote on her account on “X”: “Since time immemorial, the Palestinian people have been searching for symbols to rally around, for a role model that cannot be bought or sold to follow, for an honest voice that defends them because they share their destiny from the battlefields, not from the conference halls. Al-Dahdouh did not choose to be that icon. He is the defenseless journalist who was raised by tragedies to the height of a nation, and with one loss following another he became a symbol of patience for an entire people. The mighty man, due to his extreme human weakness, used to challenge the enemy by hiding his tears. He will definitely cry this evening in isolation, but as for the cameras, he is accustomed to filming other people’s tragedies.”
Since time immemorial, the Palestinian people have been searching for symbols to rally around, for a role model that cannot be bought or sold to follow, for a sincere voice that defends them because they share their destiny from the battlefields of war, not from the conference halls. He did not choose #Wael_Dahdouh To be that icon. He is the defenseless journalist who was raised to the height of a nation by tragedies… pic.twitter.com/706ZBrdAJ6
– Ahlam Mosteghanemi (@AhlamMostghanmi) January 7, 2024
She added that Al-Dahdouh “stepped on his paternal heart, and he stood steadfast like a mountain in the face of death, and this time he kidnapped his eldest son, who inherited the curse of the press during the time of Palestinian massacres. With a bandaged hand and a broken arm pierced by bullets, Wael held the hand of his martyred son and kissed it repeatedly. His hand is what survived from a body disfigured by the fire. Peace be upon two steadfast hands that took turns carrying the message of truth to the point of death.
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