Two more Palestinian journalists have been killed in an Israeli bombing on their car in Gaza on Sunday, bringing the death toll since October 7 to 109.

Hamza Wael Al-Dahdouh, the son of Al Jazeera bureau chief in the Strip Wael Al-Dahdouh, and Mustafa Thuraya, were identified as the victims of the strike in the city of Khan Younis.

Graphic footage circulating on social media shows the moments after the attack on their car.

Hundreds of people can be seen surrounding the burnt out vehicle where their bodies could bees.

Two journalists killed in Israeli strike

Pictured: Hamza with father Wael Ahmed El-Madhoun from #Gaza @madhoun95 ? 1h A heartbreaking news: Our friend Hamza, the son of journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh, and journalist Mustafa Al-Thurya, were martyred after their car was targeted in the city of Rafah. Despite the military's claim that Rafah is a secure area! — Hamza with his dad Wael Ahmed El-Madhoun

Hamza Dahdouh post - son of Wael Al dahdouh — Hamza’s last post on Instagram, addressing his dad

Pictured: Mustafa Al-Thurya Ahmed El-Madhoun from #Gaza @madhoun95 ? 1h A heartbreaking news: Our friend Hamza, the son of journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh, and journalist Mustafa Al-Thurya, were martyred after their car was targeted in the city of Rafah. Despite the military's claim that Rafah is a secure area! — Mustafa Thurya was the second media worker killed in the bombing

The pair were documenting the aftermath of overnight attacks on homes near the road that connects Khan Younis with Rafah.

Gaza government’s media office condemned the killings, stressing that Israel aims to ‘intimidate journalists in a failed attempt to obscure the truth and prevent media coverage’.

The farewell of the journalist Hamza Wael who was killed with his colleague Mustafa Thraya by an Israeli air strike in Rafah city. 7.1.24

وداع الصحفي حمزة الدحدوح الذي ارتقى برفقة زميله الصحفي مصطفى ثريا في استهداف مركبتهم في رفح pic.twitter.com/oCLOLxJdxY
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) January 7, 2024

Al Jazeera’s Wael Dahdouh, speaking from Rafah, said goodbye to another family member, killed during Israel’s onslaught on the territory.

Al Jazeera journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh hugs his daughter and son as they attend the funeral of his son, Palestinian journalist Hamza Al-Dahdouh, after Hamza was killed in an Israeli strike, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, January 7, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem — Al Jazeera journalist Wael Al-Dahdouh hugs his daughter and son as they attend the funeral of his son (Picture: Reuters)

People check the car in which two journalists,Mustafa Thuria, a video stringer for AFP news agency, and Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with Al Jazeera television network, were killed in a reported Israeli strike in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on January 7, 2024. Hamza's father Wael al-Dahdouh is Al Jazeera's bureau chief in the Gaza Strip, and was also recently wounded in a strike. His wife and two children were killed by a separate Israeli strike in the initial weeks of the war. Thuria had worked with AFP since 2019. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images) — People check the car in which two journalists, Mustafa Thuraya, a video stringer for AFP news agency, and Hamza Wael Dahdouh, a journalist with Al Jazeera television network, were killed (Picture: AFP)

He said: ‘I, just like all of these people, am bidding farewell today … May Allah the All Mighty give us strength, give us comfort, give us patience.

‘May Allah give us strength to carry on for the sake of Hamza and for the sake of all the martyrs.’

Secretary general of Reporters Without Borders, Christophe Deloire, described the bombing as ‘definitely a never-ending slaughter’.

Meanwhile, Anan Quzmar, volunteer at the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) said this is yet another ‘surgical attack’ against journalists in Gaza.

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