Al Jazeera condemns the Israeli attack on the Jabalia refugee camp, which killed relatives of broadcast engineer Mohamed Abu Al-Qumsan.
Mohamed Abu Al-Qumsan, a broadcast engineer at Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau, lost 19 family members, including his father and two sisters, in Israeli airstrikes on the Jabalia refugee camp.
In a statement on Tuesday, Al Jazeera denounced what it called a “massacre” and an “unforgivable act” by Israeli forces.
“Al Jazeera strongly condemns the horrific and indiscriminate Israeli bombings that resulted in the deaths of 19 family members of our dedicated SNG engineer, Mohamed Abu Al-Qumsan,” the statement read.
“This unforgivable act, during the Jabalia massacre, claimed the lives of Mohamed’s father, two sisters, eight nieces and nephews, his brother, his brother’s wife and their four children, his sister-in-law and an uncle.”
The tragedy occurred amid relentless Israeli bombing of the besieged Gaza Strip, where more than 2.3 million Palestinians have few options for safe haven.
More than 50 people were killed in the Israeli attack on the Jabalia refugee camp, a densely packed neighborhood in northern Gaza, according to Palestinian authorities.
Footage from the scene of the attack showed rescuers and volunteers using their bare hands to dig through the rubble to try to reach those trapped under collapsed buildings.
The attack came days after the wife, son, daughter and grandson of Al Jazeera Arab Gaza correspondent Wael Dahdouh were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
“What happened is clear. This is a series of targeted attacks on children, women and civilians,” Dahdouh said after seeing the bodies of his relatives in a morgue.
Earlier this week, the family of Al Jazeera correspondent Youmna ElSayed received a call from an individual who stated they were in the Israeli army and warned them to leave their home and head south.
Palestinian authorities have said at least 8,525 people, including more than 3,500 children, have been killed in Gaza since fighting began on October 7. The Committee to Protect Journalists has said at least 31 reporters have been killed in that time, 26 of them Palestinian.
“We urge the international community to address this grave injustice with the utmost urgency so that justice is served for the families of Mohamed Abu Al-Qumsan and countless other innocent Gazan citizens who have lost their loved ones,” it said. Al Jazeera’s statement.