Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral of Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera journalist killed by an Israeli airstrike along with four colleagues. The attack resulted in seven deaths total and occurred while Sharif was at a tent for journalists outside al-Shifa hospital. The Israeli Defense Forces claimed Sharif was a Hamas leader but provided no evidence to back their assertion, which was dismissed by Al Jazeera. The incident raised concerns about press freedom and the treatment of journalists in conflict zones.
Hundreds of mourners carried the body of the prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif through the streets of Gaza City on Monday, a day after he and four colleagues were killed in an Israeli airstrike, prompting condemnation from across the world. Sharif, 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.
The Israel Defense Forces admitted carrying out the attack, claiming the reporter was the leader of a Hamas cell, an allegation that Al Jazeera and Sharif had previously dismissed as baseless.
Israel's pattern of labeling journalists as militants without providing credible evidence raises serious questions about its intent and respect for press freedom, said Sara Qudah, the Middle East and north Africa director at the Committee to Protect Journalists.
In July, Sharif told CPJ that he lived with the feeling that I could be bombed and martyred at any moment.
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