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Al Jazeera writer Anas al-Sharif, 28, has been killed on with 4 of his colleagues in a deliberate Israeli attack connected a media structure sheltering journalists extracurricular the main gross of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital.
Al Jazeera newsman Hani al-Shaer said an Israeli drone deed the structure astir 11:35pm (20:35 GMT) connected Sunday.
In total, 7 radical were killed successful the attack, including Al Jazeera analogous Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, 25; Mohammed Noufal, 29; and Moamen Aliwa, 23.
[Al Jazeera]Israel deliberately kills Al Jazeera journalists
This is not the archetypal clip Israel has targeted Al Jazeera journalists covering the warfare successful Gaza. Before Sunday night’s attack, astatine slightest 5 Al Jazeera journalists had been killed by Israel.
[Al Jazeera]On December 14, 2023, Al Jazeera cameraman Samer Abudaqa was targeted by an Israeli aerial onslaught portion reporting alongside Gaza bureau main Wael Dahdouh, who was injured successful the aforesaid attack.
Abudaqa was near to bleed to decease astatine the Farhana schoolhouse successful Khan Younis, wherever they were filming, arsenic exigency workers were blocked by the Israeli subject from reaching the site.
On January 7, 2024, Wael’s eldest lad and chap Al Jazeera journalist, Hamza Dahdouh, was killed successful a rocket onslaught connected the conveyance helium was travelling successful in Khan Younis.
On July 31, 2024, Ismail al-Ghoul and his cameraman Rami al-Rifi were killed successful an Israeli attack connected the Shati exile campy contempt their conveyance bearing wide media markings and some wearing vests identifying themselves arsenic members of the quality media.
People inspect a conveyance successful which Al Jazeera newsman Ismail al-Ghoul and cameraman Rami al-Rifi were killed by an Israeli onslaught connected July 31, 2024 [Ayman Al Hassi/Reuters]On December 15, Israel killed Al Jazeera writer Ahmed al-Louh successful an aerial onslaught successful cardinal Gaza’s Nuseirat camp.
Mourners be the ceremonial of Ahmed al-Louh, a video writer for Al Jazeera, and members of the Palestinian Civil Defence who were killed successful an Israeli onslaught connected a civilian exigency centre successful Nuseirat successful the cardinal Gaza Strip [Ramadan Abed/Reuters]On March 24, Hossam Shabat, 23, was killed successful an Israeli onslaught successful the eastbound portion of Beit Lahiya successful bluish Gaza.
[Al Jazeera]Gaza: The deadliest warfare for journalists
Israel’s warfare connected Gaza has been the azygous deadliest struggle for journalists.
According to Brown University’s Costs of War project, much journalists person been killed successful Gaza since the warfare began connected October 7, 2023, than successful the US Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Korean War, Vietnam War, the wars successful the erstwhile Yugoslavia and the post-9/11 warfare successful Afghanistan – combined.
[Al Jazeera]According to Reporters Without Borders, known by its French acronym RSF, 2024 was the deadliest twelvemonth for journalists with much than 120 killed. Since the commencement of this year, much than 50 journalists and media workers person been killed by Israeli attacks successful Gaza.
Targeting journalists is simply a warfare crime
Al Jazeera has condemned the targeted sidesplitting of its correspondents arsenic “yet different blatant and premeditated onslaught connected property freedom”, noting that al-Sharif and his colleagues were among the past voices reporting from wrong Gaza arsenic planetary media remained barred by Israel.
The Palestinian ngo to the United Nations accused Israel of “deliberately assassinating” al-Sharif and Qreiqeh, saying they “systematically exposed and documented Israel’s genocide and starvation”.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s spokesperson called for an probe and stressed that journalists everyplace indispensable beryllium allowed to enactment without fearfulness of being targeted.
Amnesty International condemned the killings arsenic a warfare transgression and honoured al-Sharif arsenic a “brave and extraordinary” reporter, noting helium received the Human Rights Defender Award successful 2024 for his committedness to property freedom.
Al Jazeera Media Network condemns the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammeel Qraiqea, on with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by Israeli forces.#JournalismIsNotACrime pic.twitter.com/F3p9PbhGZF
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 11, 2025
Every month, 13 journalists are killed successful Gaza
Nearly 270 journalists and media workers person been killed by Israeli attacks successful Gaza successful 22 months of warfare – oregon astir 13 journalists each period – according to a tally by Shireen.ps, a monitoring website named aft Al Jazeera writer Shireen Abu Akleh, who was changeable and killed by Israeli forces successful the occupied West Bank successful 2022.
What makes this statistic adjacent much stark is that Gaza is losing voices connected the crushed astatine a clip erstwhile Israel has banned planetary media from entering the besieged enclave.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said the killings of journalists and their detentions since October 7, 2023, person created a news void that volition origin imaginable warfare crimes to spell undocumented.
In June, the RSF, CPJ and quality organisations published an unfastened missive stating that galore Palestinian journalists who person been relied connected by reporters extracurricular Gaza person faced a plethora of threats and galore “face changeless threats to their lives for doing their jobs: bearing witness”.
The targeting of reporters has continued ever since contempt planetary condemnation of Israel’s actions.
In a statement, Amnesty International said: “Israel isn’t conscionable assassinating journalists but attacking journalism itself by preventing the documentation of genocide.”
The names of the journalists and media workers killed successful Israel’s warfare connected Gaza are listed below:
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