Anas Al-Sharif - Wikipedia:

From 2023, Al-Sharif faced mounting threats from the IDF, including phone calls, voice messages, and social media campaigns,[16] which claimed that he was a Hamas operative.[7][17] The IDF's Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, accused Al-Sharif and other journalists of terrorism, while human rights organizations and Al Jazeera described the claims as baseless attacks aimed at justifying the killing of journalists and suppression of unfavorable reporting towards Israel.[7][8][18][19] The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) called the attacks against Al-Sharif a "precursor to assassination" and urged international action to protect him and other journalists in Gaza, highlighting the deliberate risk faced by local reporters as the "last eyes and ears of the outside world" on the conflict.[7][19][20][18] In July 2025, Al-Sharif told the CPJ that he lived with the "feeling that I could be bombed and martyred at any moment".[21]

On 31 July 2025, UN Special Rapporteur Irene Khan condemned repeated threats and smear campaigns by the Israeli army against Al-Sharif, calling them dangerous attempts to silence his reporting on the war in Gaza. She highlighted how Al-Sharif, described as "the last surviving journalist of Al Jazeera in northern Gaza", had been accused without evidence of being a "Hamas terrorist", placing his life at serious risk. Khan stressed that, while Israel bars international reporters from entering Gaza, it simultaneously targets and undermines local journalists, who serve as the world's "eyes" on atrocities.[22][23]

On 10 August 2025, Al-Sharif was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tent outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.[1][24] His colleagues Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa along with two others were also killed in the bombing.[1] The Israeli military confirmed they had targeted Al-Sharif, reiterating their claim that he was a Hamas fighter.[25] According to BBC News, the Israeli military has not provided sufficient evidence for their accusation.[5] Al-Jazeera condemned the killing as a "premeditated assassination" intended to "silence voices in anticipation of the occupation of Gaza",[25] referencing Israel's recently announced plan to occupy the Strip.[26] At the time of his death, Israel had killed at least 234 journalists during the Gaza war,[1] including 10 Al-Jazeera journalists.[27]

See also

• Assassination of Anas Al-Sharif
• List of Israeli assassinations
• List of journalists killed during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • List of journalists killed in the Gaza war