Israeli military admits to deliberately killing Al Jazeera journalist
The Israeli military has shared a statement acknowledging that it attacked and killed Anas al-Sharif in the Gaza City area.
It claimed that al-Sharif, a well-known correspondent for Al Jazeera Arabic, was acting “under the pretence of an Al Jazeera journalist” while actually working for Hamas.
The Israeli military also claimed that it took steps to minimise harming civilians before the attack on a tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa Hospital, which killed at least five journalists.
Israel bombed journalist tent hours after Netanyahu said he would let some foreign media into Gaza
The Israeli army’s attack on a journalists’ tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, which killed five Al Jazeera staff members, came hours after the Israeli prime minister told foreign media he had decided to allow some foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip.
“In fact, we have decided, and I’ve ordered, directed the military, to bring in foreign journalists, more foreign journalists,” Netanyahu said at the news conference in Jerusalem.
“There’s a problem of assuring security, but I think it can be done in a way that is responsible and careful to preserve your own safety,” he added.
The Israeli authorities have long prevented any foreign media from entering the Gaza Strip, while it has deliberately targeted and killed close to 200 local Palestinian journalists since October 2023.
