Israel is facing growing global condemnation after an airstrike near Gaza’s largest hospital killed six Palestinian journalists – including two veteran Al Jazeera correspondents – in what Gaza authorities and press freedom groups call a calculated attempt to silence reporting ahead of a planned full occupation of Gaza City.
The strike hit a marked press tent late Sunday beside Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza City, Gaza’s Government Media Office said.
The dead included Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qraiqea, photojournalists Ibrahim Dahir and Moumin Alaywa, assistant photojournalist Mohammed Noufal, and Sahat news reporter Mohammed Al-Khalidi, who succumbed to his injuries Monday.
Several other journalists were wounded.
With their deaths, the number of journalists killed since Israel’s Gaza offensive began on Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 238, according to the media office.
