Al Jazeera employees killed in what seems to be a focused Israeli assault on a tent housing journalists outdoors al-Shifa hospital.
Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed alongside three colleagues in what seems to be a focused Israeli assault, the director of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza Metropolis has mentioned.
Al-Sharif, 28, was killed on Sunday after a tent for journalists outdoors the primary gate of the hospital was hit. The well-known Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent reportedly extensively from northern Gaza.
Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and digicam operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal had been additionally among the many victims.
In a press release asserting the killing of al-Sharif, Israel’s navy accused the journalist of heading a Hamas cell and of “advancing rocket assaults in opposition to Israeli civilians and [Israeli] troops.”
It alleged it possessed paperwork offering “unequivocal proof” of his involvement with the Palestinian group.
The Al Jazeera Media Community had not too long ago denounced the Israeli navy for what it referred to as a “marketing campaign of incitement” in opposition to its reporters within the Gaza Strip, together with most notably al-Sharif.
In July, Israeli military spokesperson Avichai Adraee reshared a video on social media accusing al-Sharif of being a member of Hamas’s navy wing – a declare that has been forcefully rejected as false.
Israel has routinely accused Palestinian journalists in Gaza of being members of Hamas because it launched its struggle on the enclave in October 2023 as a part of what rights teams say is an effort to discredit their reporting on Israeli abuses.
The Israeli navy has killed greater than 200 reporters and media staff since its bombardment started, together with a number of Al Jazeera journalists and their relations.
The Committee to Defend Journalists final month mentioned it was gravely involved for al-Sharif’s security and mentioned he was a “focused by an Israeli navy smear marketing campaign.”
