By Quds News Network
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israeli forces murdered Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqa in Gaza after striking a tent used by the network’s journalists outside al-Shifa Hospital.
Five journalists were killed in the Israeli strike. Alongside Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqa, Israel also murdered Musab al-Sharif, Mohammed Noufal, and Ibrahim Zaher. Noufal and Zaher were photojournalists.
The killings came after weeks of public incitement against Al Jazeera reporters, particularly al-Sharif. Israeli army spokesperson for Arabic media, Avichay Adraee, had singled him out in recent online posts, accusing him of spreading “false propaganda” and supporting “terrorist agendas.”
In one statement, Adraee said al-Sharif “pretends to speak for Gaza’s suffering” but in reality “serves special interests at the expense of innocent lives.” He accused the journalist of portraying Hamas as victorious.
Al-Sharif had publicly rejected these claims. He said the Israeli military had threatened him repeatedly since the start of the genocide. “They targeted me, then my family, then my colleagues in the field,” he said. “My father was killed. They bombed us directly. All to silence my coverage.”
He insisted that his reporting aimed to document “massacres, starvation, displacement, and destruction” that Israel tried to hide. “I will not be silent. I will not stop,” he said. “My voice will remain a witness to every crime.”
The Gaza Government Media Office had announced that the number of journalists killed in Gaza reached 231 since October 7, 2023.
Israel’s ongoing genocide, backed by the United States, has killed more than 61,000 Palestinians and injured tens of thousands more. Most victims are women and children. Over 10,000 people remain missing, and hundreds of thousands have been displaced. Gaza also faces an Israeli-made famine conditions that have already claimed many lives.
11 August 2025
Source: countercurrents.org