Journalist Ali al-Attar still in debilitating pain despite treatment in Jordan

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10219

Date

28 November, 2024

Original Social Media Post

"Al Jazeera cameraman Ali Al-Attar, injured by two pieces of shrapnel to the head during an Israeli airstrike on October 4, 2024, while inside the Al Jazeera tent in Khan Yunis, is now receiving treatment in Jordan alongside his sister. Doctors removed one piece of shrapnel, but the other remains dangerously lodged near his brain, causing memory loss and impairing his speech and mobility. Meanwhile, journalist Fadi Al-Wahidi, who was also injured in northern Gaza, is still awaiting evacuation and approval by COGAT (Israel), risking total paralysis as he remains untreated. @AJM_masr" - Source

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Archivist Notes: Strike on press tent & police station within Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital

An Israeli strike hit a police container in the encampment outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the early hours of Monday, October 7, according to Palestinian reports.

11 wounded in two Israeli raids on displacement tents and a security point in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah

Quds Feed says that the strike hit a police container situated behind the tent used by media in the encampment outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

Ali Al-Attar, a Palestinian photojournalist suffered a shrapnel injury to the head after this airstrike. Footage posted by Palestinian journalist Abdallah Alattar shows him finding his colleague in a tent with blood dripping from a head wound, and taking him into the hospital.

Footage posted by local outlet Quds Feed shows smoke rising from the encampment outside the hospital, the damaged structure, and the photojournalist, with his t-shirt heavily stained with blood, being assisted by medics.

On October 8, his condition remained very unstable, he continued to bleed and was finally stabilized in a coma in the evening. His fellow journalists are calling for him to be evacuated abroad for treatment.

Testimony of Ashraf Amra, freelance Journalist covering gaza for Reuters and Anadolou: "Ali... my traveling companion and the photographer of all difficult missions. He accompanied me in difficult times. Today, Ali is lying in hospital and needs the prayers of all the faithful to emerge safely after being hit by a shrapnel. We call on all local, Arab and international institutions to work to treat him abroad as quickly as possible in order to save his life, given the seriousness of his state of health"

Source 1 Credit: Quds Feed via Storyful Source 2

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