Kochi: Five Al Jazeera journalists were killed in a reported Israeli strike near Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, BBC quoting the broadcaster said.
Correspondents al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were in a tent when they were hit, the reports said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that it had targeted Anas al-Sharif, writing in a Telegram post that he had “served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas”.
The IDF did not mention any of the other journalists who were killed.
Throughout the war, Israel has not allowed international journalists into Gaza to report freely.
Al-Sharif, 28, appeared to be posting on X in the moments before his death, warning of intense Israeli bombardment within Gaza City. A post that was published after he was reported to have died appears to have been pre-written and published by a friend, BBC said.
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Strikes kill 5 scribes in Gaza
