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Anas al-Sharif was the voice of Gaza. He was an inspiration and a role model. His murder will not silence us.“I have lived pain in all its details and I have tasted pain and loss repeatedly. Despite this, I have never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification. May God be a witness against those who remained silent and accepted our killing, and against those who choked our breath and whose hearts were not moved by the scattered remains of our children and women, and who did nothing to stop the massacre our people have…

Israel has killed nearly 270 journalists and media workers since it launched its war on Gaza.media journalist Anas al-Sharif, 28, has been killed along with four of his colleagues in a deliberate Israeli attack on a media tent sheltering journalists outside the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital.media reporter Hani al-Shaer said an Israeli drone hit the tent about 11:35pm (20:35 GMT) on Sunday.In total, seven people were killed in the attack, including media correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, 25; Mohammed Noufal, 29; and Moamen Aliwa, 23.[media]Israel deliberately kills media journalistsThis is not the first…

Colleagues pay tribute to assassinated Gaza journalists, vowing to continue their work.Late Sunday evening, Israel’s military targeted media Arabic’s Gaza correspondents Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh and three others, killing them in a drone strike against their media tent at the gate of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.The slain journalists had spent the past 22 months documenting the ongoing conflict and its impact on their community.Al-Sharif, 28, and Qreiqeh, 33, are both survived by their wives and a baby boy and a girl.Qreiqeh, who was an only child, had lost his mother in Gaza in March 2024, when Israeli forces stormed…

Gaza mourners have laid to rest five media staff killed in an Israeli air strike on a media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital.Hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza City have attended the funeral of five media staff, including correspondent Anas al-Sharif, killed in an Israeli air strike outside al-Shifa Hospital.On Monday, large crowds joined the funeral procession, carrying the journalists’ bodies from al-Shifa Hospital to Sheikh Radwan Cemetery in central Gaza.Colleagues, friends, and relatives embraced in grief, while a man lifted a “press” flak jacket high above the crowd.The strike late on Sunday killed seven people, including correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, along with…

Israel deliberately attacked the tent the journalists were working out of, at the gates of al-Shifa Hospital.Late on Sunday, an Israeli strike shook al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, targeting a journalists’ tent by the gate.As people rushed to help, it became apparent that five media staff had been killed, including Anas al-Sharif, one of the most famous faces of Arabic reporting from Gaza.Why did Israel want to kill journalists? What happened that night? Here’s what we know:Who were the five media staff Israel killed?media correspondent Anas al-Sharif, 28, was one of Gaza’s most recognisable faces for his constant reporting of…

Israel wants to destroy evidence of its war crimes and prepare the ground for the expulsion of Palestinians.If you read the Western press this morning, you may come to believe that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s desire to take military control over Gaza is new. But dropping 2000lb bombs does not rescue captives and wiping out whole neighbourhoods does not come without plans to build something in their place.On Friday, Israel’s security cabinet approved the occupation of Gaza City, formalising what was always the endgame of this genocide. The plan follows a deliberate sequence: First destroy, then starve, occupy, demand…

Israel’s killing of five media staff in Gaza prompts global outrage and calls for accountability.An outpouring of grief and condemnation has followed the Israeli assassination of five media staff in Gaza, including prominent correspondent Anas al-Sharif.The drone attack late on Sunday hit a tent for journalists positioned outside the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, killing seven people. Among the dead were media correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Moamen Aliwa and Mohammed Noufal.A sixth journalist, Mohammad al-Khaldi, a local freelance reporter, was also reported killed in the air attack. Reporters Without Borders said three more journalists…

Turkiye’s interior minister said an 81-year-old person died after being rescued from rubble by emergency teams.A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northwestern Turkiye’s Balikesir province on Sunday evening, killing at least one person and causing more than a dozen buildings to collapse, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya.Four people were pulled from the rubble of a collapsed house, three of whom are being treated in hospital, while one man died of his injuries. Yerlikaya said the lone victim was an 81-year-old person who died after being rescued from the rubble.Nearly 30 people were wounded in the quake, which occurred at about…

media staff killed in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists outside al-Shifa hospital.media journalist Anas al-Sharif has been killed alongside three colleagues in what appears to be a targeted Israeli attack, the director of the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City has said.Al-Sharif, 28, was killed on Sunday after a tent for journalists outside the main gate of the hospital was hit. The well-known media Arabic correspondent reportedly extensively from northern Gaza.media correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal were also among the victims.In a statement announcing the killing of…

Lebanon’s government has announced a timeline for Hezbollah’s disarmament, saying the military would set out a plan to bring all weapons under state authority before the end of 2025.This comes after months of pressure from the United States after Israel’s war on Lebanon killed more than 4,000 people and culminated in a ceasefire in November. Israel has continuously violated the ceasefire and still occupies five points in Lebanon.Hezbollah’s arms have long been a contentious issue in Lebanon, and attempts to interfere in Hezbollah’s infrastructure or military capabilities have led to internal conflict.However, Hezbollah took heavy losses in Israeli attacks last…