Protests held worldwide over Israel’s murder of Al Jazeera Gaza journalists

Protests and memorials person erupted worldwide, and calls for accountability are increasing aft five Al Jazeera staff were assassinated successful an Israeli onslaught connected Gaza.

Late connected Sunday, an Israeli onslaught deed a media structure extracurricular the main gross of al-Shifa Hospital successful Gaza City, sidesplitting Al Jazeera analogous Anas al-Sharif, 28, on with colleagues Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, Ibrahim Zaher, 25, Mohammed Noufal, 29, and Moamen Aliwa, 23.

Two different Palestinians were besides killed, bringing the full decease toll from the onslaught to seven.

Gaza’s Government Media Office says astatine slightest 238 journalists person been killed since Israel’s warfare connected Gaza began successful precocious 2023.

The latest killings person prompted outrage astir the world. In Ramallah successful the occupied West Bank, Palestinians filled the streets, waving flags and carrying photographs of the slain reporters.

Hundreds rallied successful Tunisia, demanding accountability for the attacks. Protests took spot successful Northern Ireland’s capital, Belfast and Republic of Ireland’s capital, Dublin, portion vigils were held successful Berlin, Germany and the Netherlands. Earlier demonstrations took spot successful Washington, DC, arsenic good arsenic London, Oslo and Stockholm.

From near to right: The media workers murdered by Israel: Anas al-Sharif, 28, Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, 25; Moamen Aliwa, 23; and Mohammed Noufal, 29 [Al Jazeera]

In the US capital, Washington, DC, protesters gathered extracurricular a gathering lodging NBC, Fox News, ITN and The Guardian.

Demonstrators were “banging pots and pans, making arsenic overmuch sound arsenic possible” to disrupt unrecorded broadcasts happening inside, said Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi, reporting from the scene.

“The demonstrators accidental their sum of the genocide successful Gaza has fixed Israel country to termination truthful galore Palestinians and, notably, truthful galore journalists,” helium said.

“Their connection is: You are nary longer the gatekeepers. We cognize what’s happening successful Gaza. We cognize astir the genocide contempt your champion efforts,” helium added.

Rattansi said candles were lit for each writer killed successful Gaza, with peculiar attraction fixed to al-Sharif.

Colleagues clasp a representation of Anas al-Sharif during a infinitesimal of soundlessness to honour the Al Jazeera reporters who were the latest journalists killed by Israel successful Gaza [Karim Jaafar/AFP]

Hazami Barmada, 1 of the organisers of the Washington, DC protest, told Al Jazeera the media organisations had helped to make “public consent for the execution of these journalists … by making excuses for the Israeli authorities to people and termination them”.

She added: “After their death, [the media organisations] proceed to warrant the amerciable death, shooting, bombing and murdering journalists, which is simply a transgression against humanity and a warfare crime.”

Press state radical PEN America said the sidesplitting of the 5 journalists successful Gaza “raises sedate concerns” and “could magnitude to a warfare crime”.

“This onslaught not lone wiped retired an full squad of journalists – astatine a clip erstwhile determination are less and less voices capable to study from Gaza – but besides took six much Palestinian lives successful an onslaught that has already claimed thousands of lives,” said Liesl Gerntholtz, managing manager of its PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center.

“The information that [Anas] al-Sharif’s family, friends, and colleagues indispensable present support him from unsupported accusations alternatively than being capable to mourn him and honour his bequest arsenic a writer adds to the disgraceful quality of this crime,” Gerntholtz added.

PEN America noted that al-Sharif was antecedently portion of a Reuters squad that won a Pulitzer Prize successful 2024.

Wael Dahdouh, centre, Al Jazeera’s bureau main successful Gaza, delivers a connection during a infinitesimal of soundlessness to honour 5 of Al Jazeera unit members killed successful an Israeli onslaught successful Gaza City, astatine the network’s office successful Doha connected August 11, 2025 [Karim Jaafar/AFP]

Elsewhere, an Australian journalists’ national released a connection condemning the “targeted sidesplitting of the 5 Palestinian media workers and the sidesplitting of astir 200 others”.

The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the largest organisation representing journalists successful Australia, said al-Sharif’s “reports brought to the satellite the world of the horrors being inflicted by the Israeli Government connected the civilians successful Gaza”.

“The targeting of journalists is simply a blatant onslaught connected property freedom, and it is besides a warfare crime. It indispensable stop,” MEAA said, besides calling for Israel’s prohibition preventing planetary journalists from reporting from Gaza to beryllium lifted.

Separately, the United Nations condemned the killings, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calling for an “independent and impartial investigation”, his spokesperson said.

The killings travel arsenic Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s program to grow subject operations and inhabit Gaza City.

In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued apprehension warrants for Netanyahu and erstwhile Defense Minister Yoav Gallant implicit alleged warfare crimes and crimes against humanity successful Gaza.