Israel is fending off criticism after killing a well known Al Jazeera correspondent whom it accused of being a Hamas fighter in a strike on Gaza City on Sunday night.

Anas al-Sharif, 28, was killed while sheltering in a tent near Al-Shifa hospital with four other Al Jazeera journalists. Two other people were reportedly also killed in the strike.

Al Jazeera, which is owned by Qatar, released a statement condemning the “assassination of its journalists by Israeli occupation forces” on Monday. It tied the strike to Israel’s impending plan, advanced last week, to take over Gaza City.

“The order to assassinate Anas Al Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists, and his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence the voices exposing the impending seizure and occupation of Gaza,” the networ

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