Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike near Al-Shifa hospital

Five journalists were killed from the island, including prominent correspondent Nas al -Sharif, in a targeted Israeli strike near the Shiva Hospital in Gaza City.

Al -Sharif and another correspondent, Muhammad QreiQeh, along with the photographer Ibrahim Zahr, Muhammad Noufal and Mamin Elio in a tent for reporters in the main gate of the hospital when he was hit, The broadcaster said.

She said that the “targeted assassination” on Sunday was “another blatant and in -depth attack on the freedom of the press.” The committee for the protection of journalists said it was horrific from the attack.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that they targeted Sharif, claiming that he was “served as head of a terrorist cell in Hamas.”

He also said that he “was subjected to advanced missile attacks on Israeli civilians and the Israeli Defense Forces” and claimed that they had Hamas documents that showed that he was in one of the group’s units in 2019.

However, CPJ said that Israel had failed to provide evidence to support its allegations.

“This is a pattern we saw from Israel – not only in the current war, but in previous decades – which the journalist is usually killed by the Israeli forces, then Israel will say after the fact that it is a terrorist, but it provides little evidence to support these allegations,” said Judy Ginsburg, CEO of CPJ.

Al -Jazeera editor, editor Mohamed Mawawad BBC, was told that the Sharif was an accredited journalist who was the “only voice” of the world to find out what was happening in the Gaza Strip.

Throughout the war, Israel did not allow international journalists to enter Gaza freely. Therefore, many ports rely on local correspondents inside the region for coverage.

Mawadad said of the Israeli strike: “They were targeting in their tent, and they were not covering the line of confrontation.”

“The truth is that the Israeli government wants to silence the coverage of any channel from inside Gaza,” the news room program told the newsroom.

“This is something I have never seen in modern history.”

“The product they offer to us, and we examine it from several sources, including what you are reporting to BBC.”

It seems that Al -Sharif, 28, was deployed on X in moments before his death, warning of the intense Israeli bombing inside Gaza City. It seems that the post, which was published after he was said to have died, was previously written and published by a friend.

In two sections, two drawings of the traces of the strike, which the BBC confirmed, can see men carrying the bodies of those who were killed.

Some shout in the name of QRIIQEH, and a man wearing a media jacket saying that one of the bodies is the honorable.

In total, seven people died in the strike. The broadcaster initially said that four of its employees were killed, but they reviewed it for a few hours.

Last month, the island media network – along with United Nations and CPJ – I made separate statements that warn that the life of the Sharif was in danger and calling for his protection.

IDF spokesman Avishai Adri posted a video in July from Sharif on X and accused him of being a member of the Hamas military wing.

Irene Khan, a special relationship with the United Nations on freedom of expression, described it as an “unnecessary claim” and a “blatant assault on journalists”.

at that timeShe said that there is “increasing evidence that journalists in Gaza have been targeted and killed by the Israeli army on the basis of baseless allegations that they were Hamas terrorists.”

In its latest statement, the Israeli Defense Army accused the demonstration as a journalist, and said that in the past “revealed intelligence”, which confirms his military affiliation, which included “terrorist training lists.”

This is not the first time that the Israeli Defense Army has been targeted and the killing of Al -Jazeera journalists in Gaza, who claimed that they had followed Hamas.

In August last year, Ismail Al -Ghoul hit an air strike When he sat in his car – a horrific video on social media showed his head -and -headed body. Rami Al -Rafi photographer and a boy who passes on a bike was also killed.

In the Ghoul case, the Israeli Defense Army said it had participated in the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023 against Israel, which was strongly rejected by the island.

According to CPJ, 186 journalists have been confirmed since the beginning of the military attack of Israel in Gaza in October 2023.

For journalists who are still in Gaza, the situation is bad. As well as weather strikes, there is a threat to hunger.

Last month, BBC and three news agencies – Reuters, AP and AFP – A joint statement Expressing the “desperate anxiety” of reporters in the tape, who say they are increasingly able to feed themselves and their families.

Three of the independents who relied on the British Broadcasting Corporation said that they often go without eating, and one collapsed during filming.

More than 100 International Relief Organization and human rights groups have Beware of comprehensive hunger in Gaza. However, Israel, who controls the entry of aid supplies in Gaza, accused charities of “Hamas’s propaganda service.”

Israel launched its attack in response to the Hamas -led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, where about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken into account.

More than 61,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the Israeli military operation began, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health in the region.

Additional reports by Shayan Sardarrazadeh, BBC investigate