By Quds News Network
Today, Sunday, August 11, 2025, the world lost Anas Sharif, a brave Palestinian journalist whose voice was silenced by an Israeli strike targeting the entire Al Jazeera crew in Gaza. After months of vicious incitement against him, Anas was brutally murdered.
Quds News Network has obtained his final will, a deeply moving testament filled with love for his people, a plea to protect Palestine’s children, and a call to continue the fight for freedom and dignity. His words now echo louder than ever.
“This is my will, and my final message.
If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice.
First, peace be upon you and God’s mercy and blessings.
God knows that I gave all the effort and strength I had to be a support and a voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that God would extend my life so I could return with my family and loved ones to our original hometown, occupied Asqalan (al-Majdal). But God’s will came first, and His decree is carried out.
I lived pain in all its details. I tasted grief and loss many times. Yet I never hesitated for a single day to convey the truth as it is, without falsification or distortion. May God be a witness against those who remained silent, those who accepted our killing, those who suffocated our breaths, and those whose hearts were unmoved by the bodies of our children and women, and who did nothing to stop the massacre that has been inflicted on our people for more than a year and a half.
I urge you to hold on to Palestine, the jewel of the crown of Muslims, and the heartbeat of every free person in this world.
I urge you to care for its people, for its oppressed little children who were not given the chance to dream or live in safety and peace, whose pure bodies were crushed by thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart, their remains scattered across walls.
I urge you not to be silenced by chains or stopped by borders. Be bridges toward liberating the land and the people, until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland.
I urge you to care for my family.
I urge you to care for the apple of my eye, my beloved daughter Sham, whom life did not allow me to see grow up as I dreamed.
I urge you to care for my dear son Salah, whom I wished to stand beside until he grew strong, to carry my burden and continue the mission.
I urge you to care for my beloved mother, whose blessed prayers brought me to where I am. Her prayers were my fortress, her light my path. I ask God to comfort her heart and reward her greatly for me.
I urge you also to care for my life partner, my beloved wife, Umm Salah, Bayan, from whom the war separated me for long days and months. Yet she remained true to her promise, steadfast like the trunk of an olive tree that does not bend, patient and trusting in God, carrying the responsibility in my absence with strength and faith.
I urge you to gather around them and be their support after God Almighty.
If I die, I die firm in my principles. I bear witness before God that I am content with His decree, certain of meeting Him, and convinced that what is with God is better and everlasting.
O God, accept me among the martyrs. Forgive my past and future sins. Make my blood a light that illuminates the path of freedom for my people and my family.
Forgive me if I fell short, and pray for my mercy, for I have kept my promise and never changed nor betrayed it.
Do not forget Gaza…
And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance.
Anas Jamal al-Sharif
06.04.2025
11 August 2025
Source: countercurrents.org