GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Journalists cried out in disbelief Sunday night as they stepped into a press tent in Gaza City that had been hit in an Israeli airstrike targeting the territory's most prominent and well-recognized journalist, Anas al-Sharif.

In all, six Palestinian journalists were killed in that attack, five of them reporting for Al Jazeera: Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Qraiqea, Ibrahim al-Thaher, Mohamed Nofal and freelance reporter Mohammed al-Khaldi.

The attack on the journalists, and al-Sharif in particular, was roundly condemned by groups representing journalists, even as Israel's Arabic military spokesman shared what he said was proof that the correspondent was a Hamas cell commander — an allegation first levied last year.

The Committee to Protect Journalists called Israel'

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