Al Jazeera cameraman killed in Gaza, network confirms

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A cameraman for Al Jazeera has been killed in the southern Gaza Strip, according to a spokesperson for the Arabic broadcaster.

Reuters reports cameraman Samer Abu Daqqa was injured along with a colleague while covering the bombing of a school. Rescuers were unable to reach Abu Daqqa to take him for treatment.

The rescuers just managed to retrieve the cameraman’s body, the spokesperson said.

Al Jazeera said the journalist was hit by a missile fired from a drone in the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

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