Al Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.<\/b>
\nAl Jazeera staff killed in targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists near al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza City.
Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed alongside four colleagues in a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City.
Seven people were killed in the attack on the tent located outside the main gate of Gaza City\u2019s al-Shifa Hospital late on Sunday evening. They include Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa.
Shortly before being killed, al-Sharif, a well-known 28-year-old Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent who had reportedly extensively from northern Gaza, wrote on X that Israel had launched intense, concentrated bombardment \u2013 also known as \u201cfire belts\u201d \u2013 on the eastern and southern parts of Gaza City.
In his last video, the loud booms of Israel\u2019s intensive missile bombing can be heard in the background as the dark sky is lit in a flash of orange light.
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Translation: Nonstop bombing\u2026 For the past two hours, the Israeli aggression on Gaza City has intensified.
In a final message, written on April 6, to be published in the event of his death, al-Sharif said he \u201clived the pain in all its details\u201d and \u201ctasted grief and loss repeatedly\u201d.
\u201cDespite that, I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or misrepresentation, hoping that God would witness those who remained silent, those who accepted our killing, and those who suffocated our very breaths,\u201d he said.
\u201cNot even the mangled bodies of our children and women moved their hearts or stopped the massacre that our people have been subjected to for over a year and a half.\u201d
The reporter also expressed sorrow for having had to leave his wife, Bayan, behind, and for not seeing his son, Salah, and daughter, Sham, grow up.
In a statement, Al Jazeera Media Network condemned the killings as \u201cyet another blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom\u201d.
\u201cThis attack comes amid the catastrophic consequences of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza, which has seen the relentless slaughter of civilians, forced starvation, and the obliteration of entire communities,\u201d the network said.
\u201cThe order to assassinate Anas Al Sharif, one of Gaza\u2019s bravest journalists, and his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence the voices exposing the impending seizure and occupation of Gaza.\u201d
Al Jazeera called on the international community and all relevant organisations to \u201ctake decisive measures to halt this ongoing genocide and end the deliberate targeting of journalists\u201d.
\u201cAl Jazeera emphasises that immunity for perpetrators and the lack of accountability embolden Israel\u2019s actions and encourage further oppression against witnesses to the truth,\u201d the network said.
Al Jazeera correspondent Hani Mahmoud, who was just one block away when the strike hit, said reporting on al-Sharif\u2019s death was the hardest thing he has had to do in the past 22 months of war.
Mahmoud, who works for the network\u2019s English channel, said the reporters were killed \u201cbecause of their relentless reporting on the starvation and the famine and the malnutrition\u201d suffered by Palestinians in Gaza, \u201cbecause they\u2019re bringing the truth of this crime to everyone\u201d.No proof of Hamas affiliation
In a statement confirming the deliberate killing of al-Sharif, Israel\u2019s military accused the journalist of heading a Hamas cell and \u201cadvancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and [Israeli] troops\u201d. It also alleged that it had documents providing \u201cunequivocal proof\u201d of his involvement with the Palestinian group.
Muhammed Shehada, an analyst at the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, said there was \u201czero evidence\u201d that al-Sharif took part in any hostilities.
\u201cHis entire daily routine was standing in front of a camera from morning to evening,\u201d he told Al Jazeera.
Last month, after Israeli army spokesperson Avichai Adraee reshared a video on social media accusing al-Sharif of being a member of Hamas\u2019s military wing, the United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of expression, Irene Khan, said she was \u201cdeeply alarmed by repeated threats and accusations of the Israeli army\u201d against al-Sharif.
\u201cFears for al-Sharif\u2019s safety are well-founded as there is growing evidence that journalists in Gaza have been targeted and killed by the Israeli army on the basis of unsubstantiated claims that they were Hamas terrorists,\u201d Khan said.
Al Jazeera, which has accused Israeli authorities of fabricating evidence to link its staff to Hamas, had recently denounced Israel\u2019s military for waging a \u201ccampaign of incitement\u201d against its reporters in the Gaza Strip, including al-Sharif.
The Committee to Protect Journalists last month said it was gravely concerned for the journalist\u2019s safety as he was being \u201ctargeted by an Israeli military smear campaign\u201d.
Since Israel launched its war on the enclave in October 2023, it has routinely accused Palestinian journalists in Gaza of being Hamas members as part of what rights groups say is an effort to discredit their reporting of Israeli abuses.
The Israeli military has killed more than 200 reporters and media workers since its bombardment began, including several Al Jazeera journalists and their relatives.<\/p>\n