One year on, Gaza mourns journalist Anas al-Sharif’s death
- On the first anniversary of the killing of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif in Gaza, Palestinians and press freedom advocates are remembering a journalist who became one of the defining voices of Israel’s war on the enclave.
- Born in 1996 in the Jabalya refugee camp, al-Sharif rose from a local cameraman to a widely recognised face across the Arab world through his relentless reports on Israel’s bombardment and its toll on civilians.
- He was killed in an Israeli air strike on a clearly marked press tent near Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, in an attack that also claimed the lives of Al Jazee
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- On the first anniversary of the killing of Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif in Gaza, Palestinians and press freedom advocates are remembering a journalist who became one of the defining voices of Israel’s war on the enclave.
- Born in 1996 in the Jabalya refugee camp, al-Sharif rose from a local cameraman to a widely recognised face across the Arab world through his relentless reports on Israel’s bombardment and its toll on civilians.
- He was killed in an Israeli air strike on a clearly marked press tent near Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, in an attack that also claimed the lives of Al Jazee
Sources: Al Jazeera