The laws of war are clear: journalists are civilians. To target them deliberately in war is to commit a war crime

CPJ had warned that Israeli military was using a ‘smear campaign’ in a bid to ‘manufacture consent’ to kill Anas al-Sharif, 28, one of Al Jazeera’s most prominent voices in Gaza

The killings come after Israel stepped up a smear campaign against Al Jazeera’s correspondent Anas al-Sharif.