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Holly Bishop | Tuesday 26 August 2025 10:27 BST

The father of Maryam Abu Daqqa, a photojournalist for Independent Arabia who was killed in an Israeli air strike, has paid an emotional tribute to his daughter who was “loved by everybody”.

The 33-year-old was climbing onto the emergency building at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younsis, in the southern Gaza Strip, when Israel struck the facility, killing Abu Daqqa and 19 others on Monday (25 August).

Abu Daqqa’s father Riyad, who had received a kidney from his daughter, said she was “one of my most beloved children”.