The network said that five journalists from the island were killed in an Israeli air raid targeted in Gaza on Sunday, when the Israeli defense forces claimed that one of them was a Hamas leader who thought as a journalist.
The network said People Al Sharif; Another journalist, Muhammad QRIIQEH; Camera operators were killed by Ibrahim Zahr, Mohamed Noval and Mamin Elia.
The network stated that they died “in an Israeli strike targeting housing journalists in a tent in Gaza City.” the Al -Jazeera Media Network He said in a statement that the killings were “a targeted assassination.”
The statement said that the Sharif and the other journalists were focusing on the Shiva Hospital complex when they were killed.
The Israeli Defense Forces claimed that the Sharif was “the head of a terrorist cell in the terrorist organization Hamas and was responsible for the progress of missile attacks against Israeli civilians and the Israeli Defense Forces.”
The IDF said in a statement about the killing that “it” previously revealed intelligence information and many documents in the Gaza Strip, “it said that the Sharif was a member of Hamas.
On Sunday, Al -Jazeera stated that Sharif was a well -known correspondent in the Arabian Peninsula, who was widely reported from northern Gaza.
Al -Sharif and Al -Jazeera have previously denied accusations that he was a terrorist.
In October 2024, IDF Share a picture on x From Sharif and five other journalists from the island who claimed that “Hamas and the terrorists are Islamic jihad.” Al -Jazeera Media Network The allegations are called “it is baselessAnd “accusations fabricated.”
The media network said at that time: “Al -Jazeera fears that these allegations may be an excuse for more violence against journalists, which reflects the tragic destiny of other media professionals who have been targeted and killed by the Israeli occupation forces.”
The committee to protect journalists said that Israel has a long -term practice of journalists’ charges of being terrorists without providing reliable evidence.
Al -Sharif called one of the most well -known journalists on the island, who recently reported hunger in Gaza because of the lack of assistance permitted in the region.
“The style of Israel describes journalists as fighters without providing reliable evidence that raises serious questions about its intention and respect for the freedom of the press,” regional director CPJ Sarah Edda He said in a statement. “Journalists are civilians and should never be targeted. Those responsible for the killings should bear this responsibility.”
After accusing a spokesman for the Israeli Defense Army of belonging to Hamas’s military wing in July, Sharif told CPJ that he was split for news coverage that made Israel look bad.
“All this happens because my coverage of the crimes of the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip hurts them and harms their image in the world. They accuse me of being a terrorist because the occupation wants my morally assassinated,” Sharif. Tell CPJ then.
Al -Jazeera, a network funded by the government of Qatar, said that 10 of its employees have been killed by Israel since Israel launched the war in Gaza in 2023.
The government of Israel also accused the biased coverage network of conflicts and violence that involves itself and the Palestinian territories.
In May 2024, the government of Israel voted during the era of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to close the local offices of the channel. Netanyahu at that time was called an incitement channel.
The island has repeatedly denied the allegations of incitement that Israel has provided.
Israel launched the attack in Gaza, targeting Hamas, after Hamas’s terrorist attacks against Israel on October 7, 2023, in which 251 people were taken into account. Many of the targets of these attacks were civilians, including people attending a music festival.
More than 61,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the attack began, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the pocket.
Israel said last week that it would control Gaza City, to escalate the war. The move has been criticized, and Germany announced that it is suspending export to Israel from the military equipment that can be used in Gaza.