The Price of Truth

As Israel’s two-year warfare connected Gaza has unfolded, Al Jazeera has told the communicative done its journalists connected the ground, who’ve risked everything to bring the struggle to the world’s attention. This three-part bid chronicles the network’s sum and the idiosyncratic toll connected its staff, astatine slightest 10 of whom person been killed since the warfare began connected October 7, 2023. It begins by pursuing Gaza bureau main Wael al-Dahdouh during the war’s archetypal weeks arsenic relentless bombing threatens his squad and besides claims the lives of his wife, children and grandson. The 2nd occurrence moves south, pursuing Al Jazeera’s Arabic and English correspondents arsenic they study from tents amid the destruction, enduring further calamity erstwhile al-Dahdouh’s lad Hamza and cameraman Samer Abudaqa are killed. The last portion covers the war’s aboriginal months erstwhile much colleagues, including Ismail al-Ghoul and Anas al-Sharif, are killed. The bid stands arsenic a tribute to their corporate courage, resilience and sacrifice.

Episode one: The archetypal occurrence follows Al Jazeera’s journalists nether occurrence successful Gaza astatine the commencement of the warfare successful October 2023. In Gaza City, Wael al-Dahdouh leads the network’s sum done the relentless aboriginal weeks of Israel’s assault. As aerial strikes lb the country astir their office, al-Dahdouh and his squad enactment successful changeless danger, covering the devastation and civilian suffering portion struggling to support themselves and their families safe. Then calamity strikes: al-Dahdouh’s wife, son, girl and grandson are killed successful an Israeli aerial strike. Despite these losses, helium continues to study unrecorded from the rooftop of Al Jazeera’s bureau – until the information becomes excessively large and helium and his squad are yet forced to fly and caput southbound wherever they’ll beryllium based for the coming weeks. Through al-Dahdouh’s story, the movie captures the fear, chaos and heartbreak of the warfare – and the journalists’ determination to support reporting connected it, immoderate the cost.

Episode 2 (coming soon connected 12 November): After the devastating opening months of Israel’s warfare connected Gaza, the 2nd occurrence shifts to confederate Gaza. Here, Al Jazeera’s Arabic- and English-speaking correspondents and crews look expanding information arsenic they found makeshift operations successful tents amid the wide destruction, turning impermanent shelters into quality centres. These see Al Jazeera English’s 3 main correspondents, Hani Mahmoud, Tareq Abu Azzoum and Hind Khoudary. The squad suffers yet much idiosyncratic calamity erstwhile al-Dahdouh loses his lad Hamza, killed successful an Israeli aerial onslaught with Abudaqa portion reporting connected an Israeli attack. Correspondent Momin al-Alshrafi loses 22 members of his household successful an aerial onslaught connected the Jabalia exile camp, and different correspondent, al-Ghoul, goes missing for 12 hours earlier re-establishing contact. Intimate footage and firsthand accounts amusement web journalists continuing to study nether diabolical conditions, documenting the unfolding genocide with bonzer courage.

Episode 3 (coming soon connected 19 November): The concluding occurrence chronicles the war’s last months earlier a ceasefire begins successful October. Al Jazeera’s journalists proceed their sum contempt the demolition caused by the relentless Israeli bombing, mounting casualties and intolerable moving conditions crossed Gaza. Israel’s targeting of journalists becomes ever clearer arsenic the unit claims much lives, including highly respected correspondents al-Ghoul and al-Sharif. The Israeli subject besides continues to onslaught aesculapian facilities, including Nasser Hospital, wherever a Reuters cameraman is killed. Rescuers attending the country and media covering the shooting are past deed successful a second, follow-up attack, which kills Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammed Salama. These were not conscionable idiosyncratic tragedies but had each the quality of systematic targeting of Al Jazeera unit covering the warfare and the genocide. This last movie captures however the network’s teams battled connected done grief, maintaining their nonrecreational standards and their ngo amid the corporate trauma.