Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi
Post Date: 2024-07-31
Original Post: LinkedIn
Another Al Jazeera journalist was assassinated today for doing their job and trying to tell you things that are important.
There will be a revolution, and I am doing what is required to be included in the resulting society. If you are not communicating with me, or are otherwise not clearly in favour of helping the Palestinians, then you are going to have to justify yourself to me if you want to be included in my world after the revolution has passed, and I do not feel very sympathetic.
Reply 1 - Shane O'Connell
His name was Ismail Al-Ghoul, and on television they are reporting that a cameraman was killed as well.
Reply 2 - Shane O'Connell
The cameraman was Rami al-Refee. This article says they were "in the area to report from near the Gaza house of Ismail Haniyeh", which makes it sound like they were standing in a designated reporting area.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/7/31/al-jazeera-journalist-cameraman-killed-in-gaza-attack
Reply 3 - Shane O'Connell
On television they are now showing a destroyed car. They are reporting that this car is the car that the journalists were inside when they were killed. This means that these journalists were likely tracked using the location information from their cellphones, in order to accurately target them with a drone strike. The car is mobile, so that seems like the most likely method to me.
This is not the first time that Israel has used drones to kill Al Jazeera journalists in their cars. Here is a relevant article from earlier in the war: