Broadcaster Al Jazeera said Sunday its correspondent Anas al-Sharif has been killed in Gaza City, and Israel's military confirms it.

The broadcaster said he and other journalists with its crew were killed in their tent, citing the director of Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

Rami Mohanna, administrative director at the nearby Shifa Hospital, said the strike hit a tent for Al Jazeera journalists outside the hospital's walls. Along with al-Sharif, three other journalists and a driver were killed.

Israel's military said it targeted and killed al-Sharif, whom it claimed was the head of a Hamas cell posing as a journalist. It said the accusation had been confirmed by intelligence and documents found in Gaza. United Nations Special Rapporteur Irene Khan said last month the claims were unsubstanti

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