Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

[Thylacine 2000]

For the sake of full honesty I must include this:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/we-never-see-kids-like-this-israeli-doctors-speak-out-on-emaciated-gazan-children/amp/

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

Anas al-Sharif: Who was the Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israel in Gaza?

Sharif was killed when Israel targeted a tent used by media in northern Gaza, alongside six others, Al Jazeera said.

www.bbc.com

 

[Thylacine 2000]

That BBC article confirms Al-Sharif had been part of a Hamas media team, though they say it was a few years ago.

So was his old job something like this?

Hamas parades hostages in cynical show as terrorists stage unity display

In Gaza City’s Palestine Square, where 4 hostages handed to Red Cross, armed terrorists and civilians gather in 'display of unity'; despite calls to avoid endangering them, women paraded onstage to wave; Israel says timing served Hamas propaganda

www.ynetnews.com

Are these people "journalists"?

 

[PrimalxConvoy]

That BBC article confirms Al-Sharif had been part of a Hamas media team, though they say it was a few years ago.

So was his old job something like this?

Hamas parades hostages in cynical show as terrorists stage unity display

In Gaza City’s Palestine Square, where 4 hostages handed to Red Cross, armed terrorists and civilians gather in 'display of unity'; despite calls to avoid endangering them, women paraded onstage to wave; Israel says timing served Hamas propaganda

www.ynetnews.com

Are these people "journalists"?

Nothing you posted is conclusive evidence regarding the man in the original article. The photos you posted are not of that man.

• The Israel Defense Forces and other people online alleged al-Sharif was affiliated with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The IDF called al-Sharif a "Hamas terrorist" who "posed as an Al Jazeera journalist." The IDF didn't provide conclusive evidence to support its claim about al-Sharif and didn't respond to a request for comment by the time of publication.
• Al Jazeera condemned the accusations of terrorist affiliations leveled against al-Sharif and other journalists, calling them "fabricated." Also, al-Sharif had identified himself as a "journalist with no political affiliations."
• Both the nonprofit Committee to Protect Journalists and an expert with the United Nations said Israel has previously accused journalists of being terrorists without providing evidence, and that such accusations have sometimes preceded targeted killings.
• As of this writing, Snopes was unable to find sufficient evidence to definitively confirm or refute the claim that al-Sharif was affiliated with Hamas.

(Source: - https://www.snopes.com/news/2025/08/11/al-jazeera-anas-al-sharif-hamas/)

Newsweek also states that the evidence supplied by Israel has not been verified and/or is not conclusive:

- https://www.newsweek.com/anas-al-sharif-al-jazeera-hamas-israel-idf-gaza-2111908

To quote the BBC article:

"...
Israel says Sharif was "the head of a Hamas terrorist cell" but has produced little evidence to support that. Sharif previously denied it, and Al Jazeera and media rights groups have rejected the allegation. The IDF has said nothing about the other journalists it killed.

The BBC understands Sharif worked for a Hamas media team in Gaza before the current conflict.

In some of his social media posts before his death, the journalist can be heard criticising Hamas.

Committee for the Protection of Journalists CEO Jodie Ginsberg told the BBC there was no justification for Sharif's killing.

"International law is very clear on this point that the only individuals who are legitimate targets during a war are active combatants. Having worked as a media advisor for Hamas, or indeed for Hamas currently, does not make you an active combatant", she said.

"And nothing that the Israeli forces has produced so far in terms of evidence gives us any kind of assurance that he was even an active member of Hamas."

The facts of the matter:

- Very little evidence for any of Israel's claims about any of the journalists killed by them.
- Israel broke international law by deliberately killing journalists/non-combatants (regardless of whether they are proved later to have been members of Hamas/terrorist groups).

Also, this isn't the first time Israel has killed Al Jazeera journalists:

- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shireen_Abu_Akleh