Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah killed in central Gaza strike as death toll rises
Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed at least six people, including Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah and at least one child, according to health officials and rescuers. The latest deaths were reported on Saturday local time, with one strike hitting a home in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. Another strike in Gaza City's Sabra neighbourhood killed four members of the same family, including two children, according to civil defence officials and a nearby hospital.Al Jazeera said Wishah was killed in what it described as an Israeli bombardment that targeted a house in Bureij camp. The network condemned the... [Continue Reading]
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Israeli strike in Gaza kills Al Jazeera cameraman and members of family in Gaza City
An Israeli airstrike in central Gaza has killed Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah, according to the broadcaster and Gaza health officials. The strike hit a house in the Bureij refugee camp, while separate overnight strikes in Gaza City killed four members of the al-Safadi family. The latest deaths come despite a ceasefire and amid continuing accusations between Israel and Hamas that the truce is being violated.Al Jazeera said Wishah was killed in an Israeli strike on a house in Bureij refugee camp. The Israeli military said it had struck Wishah and described him as a Hamas terrorist, but did not... [Continue Reading]
Fear the Shia, Arm the Sunnis: The Uncomfortable Numbers Behind America’s War Narrative
“When fear is managed carefully enough, a nation can be taught to look away from the blood on the floor and stare instead at the shadow on the wall.” A friend of mine, whose name I will not reveal because he asked me not to, sat across from me over dinner and placed a question on the table that would not leave me alone. He was born into a Muslim Shia background, and for the angle of this article, that detail matters, not because I wish to reduce a man to a sect, but because sect has become one of... [Continue Reading]

