GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Al Jazeera said two of its correspondents, including a prominent on-air talent, and two cameramen were killed in an Israeli strike on their tent in Gaza City on Sunday, citing the director of a local hospital.
“Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif has been killed alongside three colleagues in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack, the director of the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City has said,” the Qatar-based broadcaster said.
“Al-Sharif, 28, was killed on Sunday after a tent for journalists outside the main gate of the hospital was hit. The well-known Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent reportedly extensively from northern Gaza.”
The Israeli military confirmed that it had targeted the journalists, saying it had struck an Al Jazeera’s Al-Sharif, calling him a “terrorist” who “posed as a journalist.”
“A short while ago, in Gaza City, the IDF struck the terrorist Anas Al-Sharif, who posed as a journalist for the Al Jazeera network. Anas Al-Sharif served as the head of a terrorist cell in the Hamas terrorist organization and was responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops,” the military said on Telegram.
