LONDON: Condemnation is mounting worldwide after Israeli forces killed prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif and four of his colleagues in Gaza, with fellow reporters, rights groups and officials accusing Israel of deliberately targeting the reporter for his coverage.
Al-Sharif was killed alongside reporter Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa when an Israeli strike hit their tent in Gaza on Sunday.
Gaza’s civil defense agency said the strike also killed a Palestinian freelance journalist, Mohammed Al-Khaldi, who had succumbed to his wounds, bringing the total to six.
The IDF has admitted to carrying out the attack, and justified it by alleging Al-Sharif was a “terrorist.”
Reporters Without Borders condemned what it called the “acknowledged murder” of one of Al Jazeera’s most prominent correspondents in Gaza, noting that the Israeli Defence Forces openly targeted him and others.
