Buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes surround makeshift shelters for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City. Photo / Bashar Taleb, AFP
Buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes surround makeshift shelters for displaced Palestinians in Gaza City. Photo / Bashar Taleb, AFP
Al Jazeera said two of its correspondents, including a prominent on-air talent, and two camera operators were killed in an Israeli strike on their tent in Gaza City on Sunday, citing the director of a local hospital.
“Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed alongside three colleagues in whatappears to be a targeted Israeli attack, the director of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City has said,” the Qatar-based broadcaster said.
“Al-Sharif, 28, was killed on Sunday after a tent for journalists outside the main gate of the hospital was hit. The well-known Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent reportedly extensively from northern Gaza.”
The Israeli military confirmed that it had targeted the journalists, saying it had struck Al Jazeera’s Al-Sharif, calling him a “terrorist” who “posed as a journalist”.
“A short while ago, in Gaza City, the IDF struck the terrorist Anas Al-Sharif, who posed as a journalist for the Al Jazeera network. Anas Al-Sharif served as the head of a terrorist cell in the Hamas terrorist organisation and was responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops,” the military said on Telegram.
Al-Sharif was one of the channel’s most recognisable on faces working on the ground in Gaza, providing daily reports in regular coverage.
Israel and Al Jazeera have had a contentious relationship for years, with Israeli authorities banning the channel in the country and raiding its offices after the latest war in Gaza.
