An Israeli air strike, led on August 10, 2025 near the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza, has cost Anas Al-Sharif, corresponding to the Al Jazeera chain, as well as several other journalists on site. According to the Palestinian authorities, at least seven people were killed in this attack, including four reporters of the same channel.
The Israeli army quickly claimed the operation, saying that the journalist was actually a “Hamas cell leader” involved in rocket fire against civilians and Israeli soldiers. These accusations were forcefully rejected by Al Jazeera, who denounces a “premeditated act” aimed at silencing a critical voice of the coverage of the conflict.
Anas Al-Sharif, 28 years old and from the Jabalia refugee camp, was known to have remained one of the few journalists to cover northern Gaza despite the daily bombings. He had already lost his father during an Israeli strike in December 2023. In his last publications, a few moments before his death, he denounced the intensification of the strikes on the city and affirmed his will to continue to testify.
The attack sparked the indignation of defenders of press freedom. International organizations recall that more than 200 journalists have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli offensive in October 2023, and call for independent surveys to shed light on these assassinations.
For many, the death of Anas Al-Sharif symbolizes the extreme vulnerability of reporters working in war areas and relaunches the debate on the need for binding international mechanisms to ensure their protection.
