Overview

• An airstrike on August 10 struck a tent used by journalists outside Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Medical Complex, killing correspondent Anas al-Sharif, four of his Al Jazeera colleagues and two bystanders, hospital officials reported.
• The Israel Defense Forces said it targeted al-Sharif for allegedly leading a Hamas cell, but Al Jazeera and media freedom experts have rejected those charges as baseless.
• This single incident is the deadliest attack on a press crew since the October 2023 outbreak of war, contributing to more than 200 journalist fatalities in Gaza, according to rights organizations.
• The Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders and the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression have all called for an independent international probe and accountability measures.
• Israel asserts it used precision munitions, aerial surveillance and additional intelligence to limit civilian harm while carrying out operations against suspected Hamas operatives.