‘I lived the pain in all its details’: Anas al-Sharif’s final message
Anas al-Sharif’s X account has just posted a message, written on April 6, 2025, accompanied by text saying, “This was what our dear beloved Anas requested to be published upon his martyrdom”.
“This is my will and my final message”, al-Sharif begins. “If these words of mine reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice.
“By God, I have exerted every effort and strength I had to be a support and a voice for the people of my nation, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp.
“I lived the pain in all its details. I tasted grief and loss repeatedly. Despite 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.
“Not 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.
“I entrust you with Palestine, the crown jewel of the Muslims, and the heartbeat of every free soul in this world.
“I entrust you with its people, and its oppressed little children, who were not granted enough time to dream and live in safety and peace.
“Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tonnes of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart; their remains scattered on walls.
“I entrust you never to let chains silence you or borders confine you, to be bridges towards the liberation of our land and people, until the sun of dignity and freedom shines upon our stolen nation.
“I entrust you to honour my family.
“I entrust you with my dearest daughter, Sham, whom the days didn’t allow me to see grow up as I had dreamed.
“I entrust you with my beloved son, Salah, whom I wished to stand by, supporting and guiding, until he became strong enough to carry the burden and continue the message after me.
“I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose blessings in prayer brought me to where I am, and whose prayers were my fortress and guiding light. May God strengthen her heart and reward her on my behalf with the best of rewards.
“I also entrust you with my lifelong partner, my beloved wife, Umm Salah, Bayan, whom the war separated me from for days and months. Yet, she held steadfast, like an unbending olive tree, patient and resilient, bearing the responsibility in my absence with all strength and faith.
“Be a support for them after God Almighty.
“If I die, I die unwavering in my principles, and I bear witness to God that I am content with His decree, believing in His meeting, and confident that what is with God is better and everlasting.
“Oh God, accept me as a martyr, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family.
“Forgive me if I fell short, and pray for me with mercy, as I have upheld my promise and neither changed nor faltered.
“Do not forget Gaza…
“And do not forget me in your righteous prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.”
Anas Jamal Al-Sharif
06.04.2025
Journalists are killed for telling the truth about Israel’s war on Gaza
It’s not the first time we’ve seen journalists being the main target of the Israeli military. It’s like they’re being punished for the work they are doing, for the honest work that they are doing, for just giving the truth as it is, bringing it to the screen.
That’s something that the Israeli military political leadership does not like, because it changes a lot of the narrative. It changes how you perceive things on the ground.
So it’s not just coupled with the fear campaign and the incitement campaign against Al Jazeera and its correspondents on the ground, but it’s also directed at anyone who dares to raise their voice and to criticise all the acts on the ground, the racist acts and the genocidal acts on the ground.
Over the past 22 months, close to 200 journalists have been killed.
Every time a journalist is attacked or killed, or their families are attacked or killed, we’ve seen the same exact narrative that goes under the same mechanism of “justifying” the act because they are associated with, or they are linked to, some sort of group or the other, without offering any substantial evidence whatsoever.
