AP PHOTOS: Damage in Haifa and Tel Aviv in the latest Iranian missile barrage
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The Guardian
33 minutes ago
- The Guardian
Outrage as Israeli troops kill Al Jazeera journalist in Gaza City
Update: Date: 2025-08-11T07:05:00.000Z Title: Anas al-Sharif Content: A prominent Al Jazeera journalist who had previously been threatened by Israel has been killed along with four colleagues in an Israeli airstrike. , who was one of Al Jazeera's most recognisable faces in Gaza, was killed while inside a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on Sunday night. Seven people in total were killed in the attack, including al-Sharif, Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, according to the Qatar-based broadcaster. The Israel Defense Force admitted the strike, claiming the reporter had 'served as the head of a terrorist cell in the Hamas terrorist organisation and was responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF forces'. Rights advocates said he had been targeted for his frontline reporting on the Gaza war and that Israel's claim lacked evidence. In July, al-Sharif told the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) that he lived with the 'feeling that I could be bombed and martyred at any moment'. After the attack, the CPJ said it was 'appalled' to learn of the journalists' deaths. 'Israel's pattern of labelling journalists as militants without providing credible evidence raises serious questions about its intent and respect for press freedom,' said CPJ regional director Sara Qudah. 'Journalists are civilians and must never be targeted. Those responsible for these killings must be held accountable.' You can read our report here: Other key updates include: Australia will recognise a Palestinian state next month, prime minister Anthony Albanese said, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signalling they would do so. Albanese told reporters after a Cabinet meeting Monday that Australia's decision to recognise a Palestinian state will be formalised at the United Nations General Assembly in September. 'A two-state solution is humanity's best hope to break the cycle of violence in the Middle East and to bring an end to the conflict, suffering and starvation in Gaza,' Albanese said. Those commitments included no role for Hamas in a Palestinian government, demilitarisation of Gaza and the holding of elections, he said. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended a new military offensive in Gaza that is more sweeping than previously announced, declaring in the face of growing condemnation at home and abroad that Israel 'has no choice but to finish the job and complete the defeat of Hamas.' Netanyahu said the security Cabinet last week instructed the dismantling of Hamas strongholds not only in Gaza City but also in the 'central camps' and Muwasi. The camps – sheltering well over a half-million displaced people, according to the UN – had not been part of Israel's announcement on Friday. It was not clear why, though Netanyahu faced criticism this weekend within his ruling coalition that targeting Gaza City was not enough. Netanyahu said there would be 'safe zones,' but such designated areas have been bombed in the past. The UN has warned Gaza faces 'starvation, pure and simple' as child deaths mount. The body's humanitarian office OCHA said 98 children had died from acute malnutrition since the start of the conflict in October 2023, with 37 of those deaths since July, according to Gaza's authorities. The US defended Israel at security council meeting, saying it has the right to decide what's best for its security. It called allegations of genocide in Gaza false. The US has veto power at the council and can block proposed actions there.
BreakingNews.ie
33 minutes ago
- BreakingNews.ie
Al Jazeera journalists killed after Israeli air strike in Gaza City
Five people, including a prominent reporter for Al Jazeera, have been killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, the broadcaster has said. Heavy bombardment was reported in Gaza City late on Sunday evening and, shortly before midnight local time, Al Jazeera said correspondent Anas al-Sharif was killed in a strike. Advertisement Rami Mohanna, administrative director at the nearby Shifa Hospital, said the strike hit a tent for Al Jazeera journalists outside the hospital's walls. Along with al-Sharif, three other journalists and a driver were killed. Israel's military confirmed it, asserting that Mr al-Sharif had 'posed as a journalist' and alleging he was with Hamas. Mr Al-Sharif had denied having any political affiliations. The Committee to Protect Journalists last month said it was gravely concerned for his safety and said he was 'targeted by an Israeli military smear campaign'. Advertisement A statement from Al Jazeera described the strike as a 'targeted assassination'. It said: 'Al Jazeera Media Network condemns in the strongest terms the targeted assassination of its correspondents Anas Al Sharif and Mohammed Qraiqea, along with photographers Ibrahim Al Thaher, and Mohamed Nofal, by the Israeli occupation forces in yet another blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom.'
The Independent
an hour ago
- The Independent
Five journalists killed in Gaza strike identified
Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, reporter Mohammed Qreiqeh, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tent at the Al Shifa medical complex in Gaza City. The Israeli military alleged Al-Sharif was a Hamas terrorist who "posed as a journalist", but the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and a UN expert had previously warned of an Israeli "smear campaign" against him to justify his killing. Al Jazeera condemned the incident as a "targeted assassination" and a "blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom," noting Israel has killed 10 of its journalists in Gaza. CPJ and Reporters without Borders report an unprecedented number of journalists killed in Gaza, with Israel responsible for nearly 70 per cent of global journalist fatalities last year. The strike occurred hours after Benjamin Netanyahu promised to allow some foreign media into Gaza, amidst growing criticism of Israel's military offensive.
