The Al Jazeera journalist, Ismail Abu Omar, wounded yesterday in Gaza in an Israeli raid "is a deputy company commander of the Eastern Battalion of Hamasa Khan Yunis".
The military spokesman said this, underlining that "Abu Omar filmed himself in the Nir Oz kibbutz during the October 7 massacre and published the photo on social media".
The army then released the self-timer portraying Abu Omar in the kibbutz.
Yesterday the Qatari broadcaster reported the injury of its reporter together with a colleague.
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