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| Global outrage mounts as funeral held for five journalists killed by Israel | |
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| Last post from Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif, one of ‘Gaza’s bravest journalists’, decries failure to stop ‘massacre’ | |
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| Hundreds of mourners carried the body of the prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif through the streets of Gaza City on Monday, a day after he and four colleagues were killed in an Israeli airstrike, prompting condemnation from across the world. | Hundreds of mourners carried the body of the prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif through the streets of Gaza City on Monday, a day after he and four colleagues were killed in an Israeli airstrike, prompting condemnation from across the world. |
| Sharif, one of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in Gaza, was killed while inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Sunday night. Seven people in total were killed in the attack, including the Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and the camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, according to the Qatar-based broadcaster. | Sharif, one of Al Jazeera’s most recognisable faces in Gaza, was killed while inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Sunday night. Seven people in total were killed in the attack, including the Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and the camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, according to the Qatar-based broadcaster. |
| People gathered at Sheikh Radwan cemetery in the heart of the Gaza Strip to mourn the journalists, whose bodies lay wrapped in white sheets at al-Shifa hospital complex ahead of their burial. Friends, colleagues and relatives embraced and consoled one another. | People gathered at Sheikh Radwan cemetery in the heart of the Gaza Strip to mourn the journalists, whose bodies lay wrapped in white sheets at al-Shifa hospital complex ahead of their burial. Friends, colleagues and relatives embraced and consoled one another. |
| The Israel Defense Forces admitted carrying out the attack, claiming the reporter was the leader of a Hamas cell – an allegation that Al Jazeera and Sharif had previously dismissed as baseless. | The Israel Defense Forces admitted carrying out the attack, claiming the reporter was the leader of a Hamas cell – an allegation that Al Jazeera and Sharif had previously dismissed as baseless. |
| The IDF posted on X what it claimed were documents showing Sharif’s connections to Hamas. The Guardian could not independently verify these claims as the IDF did not disclose the documents or provide factual evidence to back them up. | The IDF posted on X what it claimed were documents showing Sharif’s connections to Hamas. The Guardian could not independently verify these claims as the IDF did not disclose the documents or provide factual evidence to back them up. |
| It was the first time during the war that Israel’s military has swiftly claimed responsibility after a journalist was killed in a strike. | It was the first time during the war that Israel’s military has swiftly claimed responsibility after a journalist was killed in a strike. |
| “Israel’s pattern of labelling journalists as militants without providing credible evidence raises serious questions about its intent and respect for press freedom,” said Sara Qudah, the Middle East and north Africa director at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). | “Israel’s pattern of labelling journalists as militants without providing credible evidence raises serious questions about its intent and respect for press freedom,” said Sara Qudah, the Middle East and north Africa director at the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). |
| In July, Sharif told CPJ that he lived with the “feeling that I could be bombed and martyred at any moment”. | In July, Sharif told CPJ that he lived with the “feeling that I could be bombed and martyred at any moment”. |
| Reporters Without Borders on Monday condemned the “acknowledged murder by the Israeli army” of Sharif in Gaza, and called on the international community to intervene. | Reporters Without Borders on Monday condemned the “acknowledged murder by the Israeli army” of Sharif in Gaza, and called on the international community to intervene. |
| Calling Sharif “one of Gaza’s bravest journalists”, Al Jazeera said the attack was “a desperate attempt to silence voices in anticipation of the occupation of Gaza”. | Calling Sharif “one of Gaza’s bravest journalists”, Al Jazeera said the attack was “a desperate attempt to silence voices in anticipation of the occupation of Gaza”. |
| In a final message, which Al Jazeera said had been written on 6 April and which was posted to Sharif’s X account after his death, the reporter said that he had “lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification”. | In a final message, which Al Jazeera said had been written on 6 April and which was posted to Sharif’s X account after his death, the reporter said that he had “lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification”. |
| He continued: “Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.” | He continued: “Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half.” |
| After the Hamas attacks on 11 October 2023, Israel barred international journalists from entering Gaza – marking one of the rare moments that international reporters have been denied access to an active war zone. Since then, the task of documenting the war has fallen heavily on Palestinian journalists, often at the cost of their own lives – themselves caught in its devastation, displaced multiple times, their homes reduced to rubble, friends and relatives killed, and at times queueing for food at perilous distribution points. | After the Hamas attacks on 11 October 2023, Israel barred international journalists from entering Gaza – marking one of the rare moments that international reporters have been denied access to an active war zone. Since then, the task of documenting the war has fallen heavily on Palestinian journalists, often at the cost of their own lives – themselves caught in its devastation, displaced multiple times, their homes reduced to rubble, friends and relatives killed, and at times queueing for food at perilous distribution points. |
| According to Gaza’s government media office, 237 journalists have been killed by Israel since the war started on 7 October 2023. CPJ said at least 186 journalists had been killed in the Gaza conflict. Israel denies deliberately targeting journalists. | According to Gaza’s government media office, 237 journalists have been killed by Israel since the war started on 7 October 2023. CPJ said at least 186 journalists had been killed in the Gaza conflict. Israel denies deliberately targeting journalists. |
| In a report released this year, the Watson School of International and Public Affairs’ costs of war project said more journalists had been killed in Gaza than in both world wars, the Vietnam war, the wars in Yugoslavia and the US war in Afghanistan combined. | In a report released this year, the Watson School of International and Public Affairs’ costs of war project said more journalists had been killed in Gaza than in both world wars, the Vietnam war, the wars in Yugoslavia and the US war in Afghanistan combined. |