Four Al Jazeera journalists ‘killed in Israeli strike that hit media tent near Gaza City hospital'
HORROR STRIKE Four Al Jazeera journalists 'killed in Israeli strike that hit media tent near Gaza City hospital'
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FOUR Al Jazeera journalists have reportedly been killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.
The men were all stationed inside a media tent near to Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital which was targeted, according to Al Jazeera.
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A media tent near to Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital was reportedly targeted in an Israeli air strike
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Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed in an Israeli airstrike
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Israel has vowed to take over Gaza City in the coming weeks and have ordered all civilians to evacuate
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Correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal have all been named by the publication.
The IDF confirmed it struck al-Sharif, 28, who has been one of Al Jazeera's top reporters out in northern Gaza.
The IDF did not mention any of the other journalists.
Israel accused al-Sharif of "serving as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas" for some time during the war.
They said he has been posing as a journalist and claimed he is "responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops".
Al-Sharif is believed to have been reporting on the ground via his X account in the moments before his death.
He was warning civilians in Gaza City of intense Israeli bombings.
The IDF said in a statement: "Prior to the strike, steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, including the use of precise munition, aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence."
Israel has already announced plans to takeover Gaza City by October 7 with them warning civilians to evacuate immediately.
Al Jazeera have been critical of Israel's role in the 22-month conflict which has resulted in tens of thousands of civilian casualties.
They also accused the IDF of targeting their journalists who were reporting on the Strip.
It follows a report from the Committee to Protect Journalists which claimed 186 journalists have been killed since the start of Israel's military offensive in October 2023.
In July, the Al Jazeera Media Network issued a statement where they denounced the IDF's "relentless efforts" pushing for an "ongoing campaign of incitement targeting Al Jazeera's correspondents and journalists in the Gaza Strip".
"The Network considers this incitement a dangerous attempt to justify the targeting of its journalists in the field," it continued.
It comes as Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to "free Gaza from Hamas" thugs once and for all as he detailed Israel's latest war plans on Sunday.
The defiant prime minister accused the terror group of refusing to "lay down its arms" - leaving Israel "no choice but to finish the job".
The plan would see the IDF "dismantle" the two remaining Hamas strongholds in the central camps in Al Mawasi and Gaza City.
Netanyahu announced: "We have about 70 to 75 per cent of Gaza under Israeli control, military control.
"Last Thursday, Israel's cabinet, Israel's security cabinet, instructed the IDF to dismantle the two remaining Hamas strongholds in Gaza City and the central camps."
He added this is "the best way to end the war".
After Hamas is wiped out and Gaza becomes demilitarised, the PM says Israel will maintain "security responsibility".
A "non-Israeli civilian administration" will be established in Gaza within 24 hours, he added.
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