Al Jazeera journalist killed in targeted strike was 'loved by everyone,' says colleague

As It Happens Al Jazeera journalist killed in targeted strike was 'loved by everyone,' says colleague

When Al Jazeera journalist Hani Mahmoud saw an airstrike lighting up the sky above Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, he knew immediately that his colleagues were dead.

In a targeted strike on Sunday, Israeli forces killed five Al Jazeera journalists who had been operating out of a tent in front of the beleaguered hospital.

Israel says the strike successfully targeted Hamas militants, but press freedom advocates say it was meant to silence journalists on the front lines of the bloody conflict in Gaza.

Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, 28, was killed alongside correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa. Mohammad Al-Khaldi