Attack on journalists was targeted, al-Shifa Hospital director says
The director of the hospital in Gaza City says that the attack, which hit a tent housing journalists outside the entrance of al-Shifa Hospital, appears to have targeted them directly.
As we’ve been reporting, Al Jazeera journalists Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal were killed in this strike a short while ago.
In a statement announcing the killing of al-Sharif, Israel’s military accused the journalist of heading a Hamas cell, and of “advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and [Israeli] troops”.
The Al Jazeera Media Network had recently denounced the Israeli military for what it called a “campaign of incitement” against its reporters in the Gaza Strip, including, most notably, al-Sharif.
Israeli military confirms it killed al-Sharif
The Israeli military has issued a statement saying that it struck al-Sharif and accused him of being part of a Hamas cell. They actually go as far as saying that he was a Hamas member in charge of guiding a rocket platoon, but posing as a journalist.
I don’t know if this is going to bode well with many people around the world, because Israel has been openly threatening al-Sharif for several weeks now.
It had got to the point that the UN rapporteur for the freedom of expression had actually issued a statement, on July 31, saying that all of these accusations and the online war that was going on against al-Sharif were completely unfounded, and were an attempt, really, to silence the few… reliable journalists who were left operating in the Gaza Strip.
At least 5 killed in Israeli strike that killed Al Jazeera journalists
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report that five Palestinians were killed after the Israeli military targeted a tent for journalists around al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Four were Al Jazeera journalists.
Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif’s final post on X included a video that showed Israeli strikes hitting Gaza City. Posted moments before he was killed, it described “relentless bombardment” by Israeli warplanes.
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