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.

Israel takes responsibility for attack on journalists ‘as if it’s bragging’ Hoda Abdel-Hamid Reporting from Amman, Jordan Al Jazeera is reporting from Amman, Jordan, because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank. When you read the statement issued by the Israeli army, which was well prepared before all this happened, it’s almost as if it is bragging about it. It alleges that Anas al-Sharif was a member of the military wing of Hamas, and the army says that it has found documents in Gaza that prove their point. It includes some links to content that anyone could have printed. This has been going on for a few weeks, ever since al-Anas started reporting on the starvation in Gaza, and he had such a huge impact on the Arab world. Immediately after, a spokesman for the Israeli army in Arabic… posted a video on social media, accusing al-Sharif of being a Hamas member and threatening him. I was going through his feed on X. He knew his life was a serious risk, and he repeatedly wrote that he was just a journalist, and he wanted his message to be spread widely, because he thought that was a way to protect him.