A prominent Al Jazeera journalist was killed in an airstrike alongside four of his colleagues as Israel’s military accused him of posing as a reporter to run a Hamas terrorist cell.

Anas Al Sharif, a 28-year-old correspondent, was among those killed Sunday when the strikes hit a tent near Al Shifa Hospital in eastern Gaza City, Gaza officials and Al Jazeera confirmed.

“Al-Sharif was the head of a Hamas terrorist cell and advanced rocket attacks on Israeli civilians and IDF troops,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said, calling him a “terrorist” who “posed as an Al Jazeera journalist.”

“Intelligence and documents from Gaza, including rosters, terrorist training lists and salary records, prove he was a Hamas operative integrated into Al Jazeera,” the IDF said.

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