The Al Jazeera media company said in a Sunday statement that five of its journalists -- including prominent correspondent Anas Al Sharif -- were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tent housing reporters in Gaza City.

Fellow correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Moamen Aliwa and their assistant Mohammed Noufal were also killed in the attack, Al Jazeera said.

Al Jazeera via AP

The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that it targeted Sharif, claiming the correspondent headed a Hamas cell and was involved in rocket attacks against Israeli targets.

Sharif was one of the best-known journalists reporting from Gaza, with millions of social media followers. He last posted to his X and Instagram accounts minutes before his death.

Al Jazeera said in a statement tha

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