Palestinians in Gaza held a funeral procession on Monday for journalists for the Al Jazeera network who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday that has been condemned by the United Nations and media watchdog organizations.
Israel’s military said it carryied out the attack on the tent where the men had worked near a hospital in Gaza City. Al Jazeera said five of its journalists were killed. A hospital official said that in total, seven people were killed.
Here’s a brief look at the journalists:
Anas al-Sharif
A correspondent with the Qatar-based network, Mr. al-Sharif had delivered many live on-air reports, often from the scene of recent bombardments in Gaza. With news organizations generally barred by Israel from entering the territory, he and other Al Jazeera reporters have become symbols of the determination to broadcast reports about the war and conditions in that enclave to the Arab world.
Israel’s military said on social media on Sunday that it had conducted a targeted strike on Mr. al-Sharif, whom it accused of being a Hamas fighter posing as a reporter. In a statement, it called him “the head of a terrorist cell” and said it had taken steps to mitigate civilian harm.
Al Jazeera refuted that charge, and in a statement called the killing “a desperate attempt to silence the voices exposing the impending seizure and occupation of Gaza.”
Israel’s government has accused Al Jazeera reporters of serving the interests of Hamas by presenting an exaggerated and distorted picture of conditions in Gaza.
Mr. al-Sharif, a 28-year-old father of two, was born in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza and graduated from Al-Aqsa University’s Faculty of Media, Al Jazeera said on its website. His father was killed by Israel in an airstrike on the family home in December 2023, the network said.
Mohammed Qreiqeh
Al Jazeera said that Mr. Qreiqeh, 33, a correspondent, had made his final live report shortly before he was killed. He was born in Gaza City and lived in the city’s Shujayea neighborhood, it said, adding that he held a degree in journalism and media from the Islamic University of Gaza. His brother had been killed in an airstrike on Gaza City earlier this year, the website said.
Ibrahim Zaher
A cameraman with the network, Mr. Zaher, 25, was from the Jabaliya camp in northern Gaza, Al Jazeera said.
Mohammed Noufal
The network described Mr. Noufal, 29, as an assistant. Its website said he too was from Jabaliya. It said that his mother and brother had been killed in earlier Israeli attacks and that his brother, Ibrahim, worked as a cameraman for the network.
Moamen Aliwa
Al Jazeera identified Mr. Aliwa, 23, as a cameraman, but gave no further biographical information about him. The network has not responded to a request for more detail about Mr. Aliwa and the other journalists killed.
Reuters news agency reported that a freelance reporter, Mohammad Al-Khaldi, also died in the attack, citing medics at al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza. The hospital director said the attack killed seven people in all, and wounded a number of others.
Matthew Mpoke Bigg is a London-based reporter on the Live team at The Times, which covers breaking and developing news.
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