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Gaza City, October 31 (RHC)-- Al Jazeera is condemning threats by the Israeli army against the family of its Gaza correspondent Youmna ElSayed.  On Monday, ElSayed’s husband received a telephone call from Israeli forces warning family members to immediately leave their home or be killed in a bombardment. 

The threat comes just days after an Israeli strike killed 12 family members of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh, including his two children and grandson. 

Al Jazeera said in a statement: “Israel’s actions continue with impunity as they attempt to silence the messenger.”   In an interview given to the media earlier, Youmna ElSayed said: “Homes were targeted. Hospitals were targeted.  In these same areas that people were asked to evacuate, hundreds of families who had evacuated from the north and from Gaza City were killed in those bombings.  When we say there is no safe place in Gaza, we’re not lying.”