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- Country of residence: Palestine
Information
Samer Abu Daqqa ( Abu Yazan ; 1978 in Abasan al-Kabira - December 15, 2023 in Khan Yunis ) is a Palestinian journalist , photographer, and critic . He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and media from Al-Azhar University in Gaza. He began his work as a journalist in Al-Shaab newspaper. In 2004, he moved to work 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 more than twenty years. He holds Belgian citizenship and is the father of three sons and a daughter.
Awards
He received the Distinguished Arab Journalist Award from the Union of Arab Journalists in 2004 and the Distinguished International Journalist Award from Reporters Without Borders in 2007.
His murder
Main article: Haifa school massacre
He was assassinated on December 15 , 2023 during an air strike on Farhana School in Khan Yunis during the Palestinian-Israeli war after being wounded and left to bleed for more than five hours.
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