Anas al-Sharif, 28, and four other Al Jazeera journalists
An Israeli air attack killed five journalists with the Al Jazeera news organization Sunday, August 10.
The five included Anas Al-Sharif, 28, a prominent on-air correspondent, reporter Mohammed Qreiqeh and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa.
The five were in their tent outside the Shifa medical complex in Gaza City.
The strike also killed two other people and damaged part of the hospital.
The Israeli military said Al-Sharif “posed as a journalist” but was actually the head of a terrorist cell.
Al-Sharif had apparently prepared for the possibility that he would be killed. After his death, a message to his X account saying, from him saying, “This is my last will and testament. If these words of mine reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice.” The message concluded, “
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