Israel’s military targeted and killed an “Al Jazeera” correspondent and others with an airstrike on August 10 in Gaza, after press advocates said an Israeli “smear campaign” stepped up when Anas al-Sharif cried on air over starvation in the territory.

Both Israel and hospital officials in Gaza City confirmed the deaths of al-Sharif and colleagues, which the Committee to Protect Journalists and others described as retribution against those documenting the war in Gaza. Israel’s military falsely asserted that al-Sharif had led a Hamas cell, an allegation that “Al Jazeera” and al-Sharif previously dismissed as baseless.

The military has previously said it targeted individuals it described as Hamas militants posing as reporters. Observers have called this the deadliest conflict for journalist

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