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Amnesty International: Gaza war deadliest conflict for journalists
Shafaq News – Gaza The ongoing conflict in Gaza has claimed more journalists' lives than any other recent war, Amnesty International stated on Monday, condemning what it described as Israel's deliberate targeting of journalists in an airstrike on their media tent in Gaza City. In a strongly worded statement, the organization said, "Anas al-Sharif [Al-Jazeera correspondent in Gaza] and his colleagues were the eyes and voice of Gaza. Despite starvation, exhaustion, the threat of death, and the pain they endured, they continued their courageous reporting from the front lines." Amnesty added that no modern conflict has seen such a high toll among journalists, describing the ongoing situation in Gaza as a "genocide against Palestinians." The organization called for an "independent and impartial investigation" into the killing of Palestinian journalists and demanded justice and compensation for their families. "The international community must act urgently to stop the genocide being committed by Israel," the statement concluded. Earlier, Gaza's Government Media Office reported that five journalists were killed in an Israeli strike on their tent near al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Al Jazeera confirmed the deaths of its journalists Anas al-Sharif, Mohammad Qreiqa, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammad Noufal, and Moamen Alouwa in the same attack. The Israeli military later claimed responsibility for targeting al-Sharif, accusing him of leading a Hamas-affiliated cell and alleging involvement in "terrorist activities," including promoting rocket fire against Israel. Al-Sharif had previously denied those allegations, stating he had no political affiliations and that his sole mission was "to report the truth from the ground as it is, without bias." Amnesty strongly condemns Israel's deliberate killing of journalists in an air strike on a media tent in occupied Gaza al-Sharif and his colleagues have been the eyes and voices of Gaza. Starved and exhausted, they continued to bravely report from the frontlines,… — Amnesty International (@amnesty) August 11, 2025
Memri
19 hours ago
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Gaza Political Activist Jamil Abdul-Nabi: October 7 Was A Miscalculated Step That Destroyed Our People; Hamas Is A Complete Failure, It Must Disband And Disappear From The Palestinian Scene
Gaza political activist and former Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) official Jamil Abdul-Nabi said in an August 9, 2025 interview with Al-Arabiya Network (Saudi Arabia) that resistance should not be driven by emotions or by impulses of vengeance. He said that in Gaza today, Hamas's support has dropped to less than 1 in 100 or even 1 in 1,000, and that anti-Hamas sentiment is growing. Referring to October 7 as a "miscalculated step" that led to "the destruction of our people," Abdul-Nabi said that an apology is not enough and that Hamas must "pay for its sins" by disappearing from the Palestinian scene. He said Hamas must declare that it is disbanding, because it has failed in resistance, in governance, and in war. He also criticized Hamas official Ghazi Hamad, whom Abdul-Nabi knew from prison, where they shared a cell for a year, for saying "Even if they kill 10,000, 20,000, or 100,000 of us..." in a cavalier tone, as if speaking about a handful of dollars. Interviewer: "Was October 7 a sin committed by Hamas?" Jamil Abdul-Nabi: "Absolutely. Resistance should not be driven by emotions. It should not be impulsive or vengeful. Resistance that is not driven by clear political goals is futile and might become nihilistic. [...] "Reckless resistance can lead us to disaster, and this is what happened on October 7. Resistance must consider the outcome, the consequences. [...] "I'm not exaggerating when I say that throughout the Gaza Strip, not even one of every 100 – or even 1000 – people I come across are supporting Hamas now. Today, the position of people in the Gaza Strip is much more anti-Hamas than what Hamas believes, because they are the ones who have paid the real price, and they are familiar with the real outcome of this war. "Hamas's rhetoric, my dear brother... Every statement by Hamas leaders turns into joke material among the Gazans here. [...] "What happened happened. We cannot go back in time. [Hamas] took this miscalculated step, which led to the destruction of our people, so at the very least, you should make us feel that it has some regrets. [...] "Apology is not enough. Hamas needs to bear the responsibility and pay for its sin. For me personally, the price cannot be anything less than the disappearance of Hamas from the Palestinian scene. Enough. Hamas needs to be gone. Hamas needs to declare that it is disbanding, because it has failed. Hamas failed in resistance, failed in governance, failed in war, and failed in everything. [...] "Hamas's insistence to double down on its rhetoric makes us feel that our tears mean nothing to this movement. We are zero to them. [...] "When [Ghazi] Hamad says: 'Even if they kill 10,000, 20,000, or 100,000 or us...' What is this? What is he talking about? How can he be so cavalier when talking about people's lives? What does Ghazi Hamad think of the Palestinian people? Is he talking about a handful of dollars? [...] "Should Hamas be held accountable? Yes, it should. The Palestinians, like any nation, have the right to hold their leaders accountable when they expose them to danger of such scope. It is inconceivable that a tragedy like this will pass, and we will not have the right to call to account the people who brought this tragedy upon us. Inconceivable. Future will tell whether we can hold Hamas accountable or not. "It could be that we will not be able to do this, but when I say that Hammas must leave – that's the minimal [requirement]. At the very least, Hamas should leave us, because it has failed in leading the Palestinian cause, failed in leading the resistance, failed in governing [Gaza], failed in everything. People who fail need to step down."
Memri
19 hours ago
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Syria-Based Jihadi Cleric Urges Hamas To Raise 'White Flag' Of 'Holy Jihad' Against The Infidels As Taliban Did
The following report is now a complimentary offering from MEMRI's Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM). For JTTM subscription information, click here. On July 22, 2025, Egyptian-born, Syria-based jihadi cleric Yahya Al-Farghali aka Abu Al-Fath published an essay titled "To Hamas: Raise the White Flag out of Mercy for the People."[1] In his essay Al-Farghali calls on Hamas to shake off "idolatrous" concepts and Western creations such as nationalism, democracy and human rights, and urges it to follow in the footsteps of the Taliban and raise a pure "white flag" of "holy jihad" for the application of Islamic shari'a law and in opposition to the infidels. Al-Farghali opens his essay by stating that at first, he was among the enthusiastic supporters of Al-Aqsa Flood, the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel by Hamas, and noted its many advantages, first and foremost the fact that it broke "the slide toward normalization" that he claims those who betrayed Palestine and the Al-Aqsa Mosque were slipping toward. However, he adds that from the first day he believed that the major flaw in the plan for that campaign was Hamas's misjudgment regarding the Islamic regimes and the extent of "their self-humiliation and collaboration" (with the enemy). Al-Farghali explains that for all of Islamic history, to the days of the Rashidun Caliphate[2] "the mujahideen who walked the straight path" would examine their sins and the transgressions they committed when the victory on the battlefield tarried. He wrote that the Quran teaches that a Muslim army is not defeated by the strength of its enemies but due to its own failures, as it is written: "Why is it when you suffered casualties [at Uḥud]—although you had made your enemy suffer twice as much [at Badr]—you protested, 'How could this be?'? Say, [O Prophet,] 'It is because of your disobedience'…" (Quran 3:165). In this context, Al-Farghali accuses Hamas of trying to adopt "international concepts, such as democracy and human rights" which, he claims, do not correspond to the Islamic religion and sometimes even contradict it, using the argument that they are compelled to do so due to the exigencies of circumstances. He contends that such behavior is forbidden to those who lead the Islamic nation because it misleads those who follow it. Moreover, he asserts that even the West and the international community sanctify such "idols" only as long as they don't harm their own economic interests or those of their "nurturer [Israel]," and when they do hurt those interests, then they (the West) "devour their idols, without any sorrow or need to justify this." He asks Hamas: "Has the time not come for you to raise the pure white flag, that bears only the Shahadah (the Islamic profession of faith),"[3] as the Taliban did in Afghanistan and then Allah granted it victory? He clarifies that he is not referring to a flag in the sense of a piece of cloth, but as the goal described in the hadith attributed to the Prophet Muhammad, which reads: "he who fights under a banner of ignorance showing anger in support of party spirit, or summoning people to party spirit, or helping party spirit, and then is killed will be killed like those of pre-Islamic times." Al-Farghali calls on Hamas to raise only one flag which is the flag "of the holy jihad" for the sake of applying shari'a law and "ousting the unbelief," because it is the infidel and not because it is imperialism or colonialism which negates the right of self-determination of the Palestinian people, or any other national or pan-Arab slogan. He urges it to take action "before it's too late," and stresses that if it really does so, then Allah will grant it victory and save it and its people. He also stresses that his words do not constitute a denial of the Muslim obligation to urgently come to the aid of their brothers in Gaza, to the best of their ability. It is notable that when Hamas perpetrated its attack against Israel, Al-Farghali called for suicide attacks against Israelis all over the world, and declared that the "quickest deterrence of the massacres committed against Gaza" would be a large-scale campaign of unrestrained martyrdom-seeking – i.e. suicide – operations so that the situation "gets out of control."[4]
