Since 2023, 192 journalists have been killed in the war in Gaza.
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Six journalists, including five from Al-Jazeera, were killed in an Israeli airstrike. They were killed when Israel attacked al-Shifa hospital in Gaza on Sunday.
According to Al-Jazeera, correspondents Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammad Qurayke, cameramen Ibrahim Zaheer and Moammen Aliwa and assistant Mohammad Naufal and independent journalist Mohammad Al Khalid were killed.
According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), 3 more journalists were injured in the same attack .
The Israel Defense Force (IDF) has admitted that the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) carried out the air attack, accusing journalist Sharif of working as the head of a terrorist cell of 'Hamas'. The IDF posted on Telegram and said, "Hamas was working as the head of a terrorist cell." But Al-Jazeera denied that
allegation, and said that they are reporting by sitting in a tent built at the main entrance of the hospital. Al-Jazeera managing editor Mohammed Moawad told the BBC, "Al-Sharif was the only voice reporting the atrocities in Gaza." The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has also been working for Al-Jazeera since the start of the ongoing war in Al-Sharif Gaza Strip.
Sharif had already said – 'They want to kill me'
The IDF had already accused Sharif of being a military member of Hamas. On July 24, the IDF accused journalist Al-Sharif of being a member of al-Qassam, the military wing of Hamas, in 2013.
IDF spokesman Avichay Adrai released a video
accusing Sharif of working for 'the most criminal and aggressive channel'. But Sharif denied the allegations saying that he was not in any terrorist organization. He told 'CPJ' that he made false accusations to defame the media. He said: 'They want to kill me because of my reporting on the crimes committed by Israel in Gaza.'
But six journalists including Sharif, who has been making accusations for a long time, were killed in an aerial attack on Sunday. CPJ has opposed it saying that false accusations against journalists without evidence raise serious questions about press freedom. According to CPJ, 192 journalists have been killed in the war in Gaza since October 7, 2023. Among them, 178 are Palestinian journalists. According to Al Jazeera, more than 61,000 civilians have been killed and more than 153,000 have been injured in the war.
