Death toll from strike on journalists’ tent rises to 7
The Director of al-Shifa Hospital has announced that the death toll in the strike on a tent for journalists has now risen to seven.
Israel has killed 10 Al Jazeera staff since start of war on Gaza
Tonight’s deadly strike on Anas al-Sharif and his four colleagues is not the first attack on Al Jazeera journalists in Gaza since the start of Israel’s war on the Palestinian territory.
Israeli forces have previously killed five Al Jazeera journalists: Samer Abudaqa, Ismael al-Ghoul, Ahmed al-Louh, Hossam Shabat and Hamza Dahdouh, son of Al Jazeera’s Gaza bureau chief, Wael Dahdouh, as well as many of the family members of Al Jazeera journalists.
Another Al Jazeera staff member confirmed killed in Israeli strike
As we’ve been reporting, Al Jazeera journalists Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh were killed along with camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal in a targeted Israeli strike on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City.
We can now confirm that Moamen Aliwa, a camera operator for Qreiqeh, was also killed in this strike.
Al Jazeera staff join long list of Gaza journalists killed by Israel
The Israeli military has been systematically killing journalists, photographers and local media workers in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war in an attempt to silence their reports.
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has been able to verify the killing of at least 186 journalists since October 7, 2023. At least 90 journalists have been imprisoned by Israel.
The Government Media Office in Gaza reports a higher number, saying that more than 230 journalists have been killed.
The Israeli military has accused many of the media workers it has killed, including Al Jazeera journalists and correspondent Anas al-Sharif, of being “terrorists” working for Hamas and other groups. It has yet to provide any documentation verified by independent international parties that would prove its claims.
Journalists are civilians under international humanitarian law.
Facilities and equipment utilized for reporting and disseminating news are also civilian structures.
They must be respected and protected.
Journalists are #NotATarget. pic.twitter.com/RRnrCljpfy
— Committee to Protect Journalists (@pressfreedom) August 8, 2025
