Overview

• The August 10 airstrike on a media tent in Gaza City killed six journalists, including at least four Al Jazeera staff members
• Investigators say a military ‘legitimisation cell’ worked to identify Gaza-based reporters to portray them as undercover Hamas operatives
• The Committee to Protect Journalists has demanded independent international inquiries into the killings but no impartial investigation has been launched
• An Al Jazeera media review found that major Western outlets often used hedged language when reporting journalist deaths, reinforcing ambiguity over responsibility
• Gaza reporters continue documenting the humanitarian crisis under extreme threat and starvation despite rising casualties