Al-Jazeera Arab news television announced on Sunday that four of its employees-two editors and two cameramen-were killed in the Israeli attack on Gaza. This was stated by AFP and DPA.
- IDF described the goal of the attack as Hamas terrorist.
- Al-Jazeera rejects Israel’s claims to connect the victims.
- Relationships between Israel and al-Jazir are tense for a long time.
TV, referring to the director of the AŠ-Šipá Hospital in Gaza, announced that Among the victims of the “apparently targeted” attack is the journalist Anas Ash-Sharifwho was at that time in the tent for journalists placed in front of the main entrance to the hospital.
The Israeli Armed Forces (IDF) on the Telegram platform confirmed that the aim of their attack in Gaza was the “terrorist” Ash-Sharif, who married Al-Jazeera journalist. Ash-Sharif was according to IDF “The leader of the terrorist cell of the Hamas terrorist organization And he was responsible for missile attacks on Israeli civilians and IDF units ”.
Al-Jazeera in the statement marked 28-year-old AŠ-Šarífaz “well-known Arab journalist”, who worked mainly in the north of the Gaza band. He claims that The Israeli army did not provide any documents verified by independent international authorities to prove this. According to IDF, however, the connection of AŠ-Šaríif to Hamas demonstrates information information and documents found in the Gaza band. According to the Israeli army, he was responsible for carrying out rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers.
In July, the Committee on the Protection of Journalists expressed serious concerns about his safety and said he was “the target of the defamation campaign of the Israeli army”. Relations between Israel and Al-Jazyry in Qatar have been tense for years. At present, television cannot broadcast in Israel, allowing the law adopted in April, which prohibits the work of foreign media considered harmful to Israel’s security. Israeli communications minister Šlomo Karhi marked al-Jazera for “The A declaration of terrorism trumpets in the service of Hamas”. Television rejects these allegations.
