An Al Jazeera journalist warned Israel was targeting him. Now he’s dead.
The Israeli military killed more journalists on Sunday, including a prominent one from Al Jazeera. Anas al-Sharif, a journalist for Al Jazeera, was killed in a strike on Gaza City on Sunday.
And it appears to be no accident.
The director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City claimed it was a targeted attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of the hospital. And in a statement, the Israeli military said, “Anas Al Sharif served as the head of a terrorist cell in the Hamas terrorist organization and was responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops.”
The Israeli military has claimed it possesses documents providing “unequivocal proof” of his involvement with Hamas.
But those claims have been vehemently denied and condemned, and there have been concerns for some time that Israel would target the reporter.
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