Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif was killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Sunday, alongside four of his colleagues.

Before his death, the 28-year-old had prepared a final message to be released posthumously.

“This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice,” he wrote in a message shared Sunday.

“I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification,” it continued.

“Do not forget Gaza… And do not forget me in your sincere prayers for forgiveness and acceptance,” it said. Al-Sharif leaves behind a wife and two young children.

In a statement announcing the k

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