Five Al Jazeera staff correspondents were reportedly killed late Sunday in a targeted Israeli strike on a press tent outside Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital.

The reported strike killed journalists Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa. A freelance journalist, Mohammad al-Khaldi, was also killed, according to medics and eyewitnesses cited by the Committee to Protect Journalists. Funerals were held in Gaza City on Monday.

The strike occurred while journalists were reportedly in an identified media tent. The Israel Defence Forces claimed it specifically targeted al-Sharif, alleging he led a Hamas “terrorist cell” and advanced “rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and [Israeli] troops.”

Experts and observers hav

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