GAZA,(Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli occupation forces assassinated on Sunday evening two Al Jazeera correspondents, journalists Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqah, in a direct strike targeting a journalists’ tent opposite the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City.
Press sources confirmed that the Israeli occupation targeted the journalists’ tent opposite the Al-Shifa Medical Complex, resulting in several martyrs, among them al-Sharif and Qreiqah.
The assassination came just hours after a press conference by the Israeli prime minister, during which he repeated false accusations against media outlets, claiming they distort what is happening in the Gaza Strip.
Anas Jamal Mahmoud al-Sharif was born on 3 December 1996 and lived in Jabalia refugee camp. He studied at UNRWA and Palestinian Ministry of Education schools. In 2014, he enrolled at Al-Aqsa University, majoring in radio and television.
On 23 September 2018, he was injured by shrapnel from a live bullet in the abdomen while covering a march east of Abu Safiya hill, northeast of Jabalia.
He began as a volunteer at the North Media Network before joining Al Jazeera as a correspondent during the current war. He had been threatened by Israeli occupation forces because of his coverage of the Gaza genocide. On 11 December 2023, Israeli warplanes bombed his family home in Jabalia camp, killing his father.
Journalist Mohammed Qreiqah joined Al Jazeera after working as a researcher in a human rights organization. His mother was killed in an Israeli strike during last year’s siege of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex.
