Palestinian journalist Dahdouh performs Haj on behalf of late wife

Prominent Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, Wael Hamdan Ibrahim Al-Dahdouh, has performed the Haj pilgrimage this year on behalf of his late wife, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.

Al-Dahdouh has been invited by the Saudi Ministry of Information to perform



once-in-a-lifetime spiritual journey.

In an interview with Saudi Press Agency (SPA), Al-Dahdouh said this is the second time in a row he has performed Haj. “This gave me additional happiness, that I am fulfilling my promise to her because I was not able to have her with me last year.”