What is Samer Abu Daqqa?
{{use dmy dates}} {{Infobox person | name = Samer Abu Daqqa | image = | native_name = سامر أبو دقة | native_name_lang = Arabic | birth_date = {{Birth-date|1978}} | birth_place = [[Abasan al-Kabira]], [[Gaza Strip]] | death_date = {{Death date and given age|2023|12|15|45|df=y}} | death_place = [[Khan Yunis]], Occupied Gaza Strip | death_cause = Airstrike | citizenship = Belgium<br>Palestine | alma_mater = [[Al-Azhar University – Gaza|Al-Azhar University]] | occupation = Video journalist, photographer, technician | employer = [[Al Shaab (newspaper)|Al Shaab]]<br>(? – 2004)<br>[[Al Jazeera Network|Al Jazeera]]<br>(2004 – 2023) | children = 4 | awards = Distinguished Arab Journalist Award<br>(2004)<br>Distinguished International Journalist Award<br>(2007) }} '''Samer Abu Daqqa''' ({{lang-ar|سامر أبو دقة}}{{lrm}}; {{circa|1978}} – 15 December 2023) was a [[Belgians|Belgian]]-[[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] video journalist working for [[Al Jazeera]]. He was one of the founders of the channel’s office in the [[Gaza Strip]] where he worked as a photographer and technician for Al-Jazeera for almost twenty years. He also holds Belgian [[citizenship]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=الجزيرة تعلن مقتل مصورها سامر أبو دقة بعد إصابته بقصف إسرائيلي جنوبي قطاع غزة|url=https://sputnikarabic.ae/20231215/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AA%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1-%D8%A3%D8%A8%D9%88-%D8%AF%D9%82%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A5%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%82%D8%B5%D9%81-%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-1084155226.html|access-date=21 December 2023|website=سبوتنيك عربي|language=ar}}</ref> He was killed during the [[2023 Israel–Hamas war]] after the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli army]] bombed an Al