Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Monday condemned the "acknowledged murder by the Israeli army" of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif in Gaza, who the armed forces admitted they had targeted.

Where Israel accused al-Sharif of being a "terrorist" affiliated with Hamas, the press freedom campaign group told AFP he was "one of the most famous journalists from the Gaza Strip (and) the voice of the sufferng Israel has imposed on Palestinians in Gaza".

The NGO "strongly and angrily condemns the acknowledged murder by the Israeli army" of al-Sharif and other journalists in a Sunday strike on their tent in Gaza City, it added.

Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera said Sunday that five of its journalists had been killed in an Israeli strike.

Al-Sharif, 28, was one of the channel's most recognis

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