"Despite his pain and wounds, he comforts the children and the injured," this is how the audience reacted on social media to a video posted by photographer Hamdan Dahdouh, showing Wael Dahdouh, the Al Jazeera office director in Gaza and its correspondent, playing football with displaced individuals inside Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
Bloggers commented on the clip, stating that despite his pain, wounds, and tremendous loss of loved ones, he consoles injured and ill children by playing football with them. They described him as "a man among a thousand men," embodying dignity, resilience, patience, and compassion.
Other commentators referred to Wael Dahdouh as "an icon of steadfastness and determination to convey the crimes happening in Gaza perpetrated by the Israeli army against the residents of the strip for over 100 days." The video gained over one million views just 14 hours after Hamdan Dahdouh shared it on his Instagram account.
