Overview

• The Israel Defense Forces admitted deliberately targeting Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, accusing him of leading a Hamas cell based on recovered documents
• Anas al-Sharif and five colleagues were killed in a media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital days after Israel’s security cabinet approved a ground operation in Gaza City
• Press freedom organizations and UN agencies have described the military’s dossier linking al-Sharif to Hamas as unsubstantiated and lacking public credibility
• Israel’s tight restrictions on foreign reporters have elevated the role of local journalists like al-Sharif in documenting Gaza’s humanitarian crisis under fire
• Global protests have erupted and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an impartial UN inquiry into the strike