Anas al-Sharif, a prominent 28-year-old Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent who reported extensively from northern Gaza, was killed along with four colleagues in a targeted Israeli strike on a tent used by journalists in Gaza City.
In a final message written on April 6 to be released if he died, al-Sharif said, “lived the pain in all its details” and “tasted grief and loss repeatedly.”
He wrote, “Not even the mangled bodies of our children and women moved their hearts or stopped the massacre that our people have been subjected to for over a year and a half.”
He added, “Despite that, I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or misrepresentation, hoping that God would witness those who remained silent, those who accepted our killing, and those who suffocated our very breaths.”
Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza
The attack late Sunday evening on the tent outside Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital gate killed seven people in total, including fellow Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa.
Shortly before his death, al-Sharif posted on X that Israel had launched intense, focused bombardment, known as “fire belts,” on eastern and southern Gaza City.
In his last video, the sounds of heavy Israeli missile strikes are audible while the night sky flashes with orange light.
He described the scene: “Nonstop bombing… For the past two hours, the Israeli aggression on Gaza City has intensified.”
Source: Al Jazeera