Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza remember their murdered colleagues
'Thank you for dedicating your life to tell us the truth.' Al Jazeera correspondents in Gaza, Hani Mahmoud, Hind Khoudary, Tareq Abu-Azoum, and Moath al-Kahlout, recorded these messages for their colleagues murdered by Israel.
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