Downing Street has said it is “gravely concerned” about the killing of five journalists in Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces.

The Al-Jazeera employees died following a targeted air strike near Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital on Sunday.

They included Anas al-Sharif, one of the broadcaster’s most prominent journalists who has reported from Gaza throughout the war.

Israel has claimed that he “served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas”, although it has provided no evidence to back up that accusations.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a total of 186 reporters have been killed in Gaza since Israel began its offensive in the territory in October 2023.

Responding to the killing of the five Al-Jazeera journalists, prime minister Keir Starmer’s official spokesma

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