Kathmandu, Aug. 12 -- Anas al-Sharif, 28, a prominent Al Jazeera correspondent and one of the network's most recognizable reporters in Gaza, was killed in an Israeli airstrike late Sunday while sheltering in a tent for journalists near al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
Four other Al Jazeera media persons also lost their lives in the same attack: journalist Mohammed Qreiqeh, camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Moamen Aliwa, and their assistant Mohammed Noufal. Freelance reporter Mohammad Al Khaldi was also confirmed among the casualties.
The Qatar-based network condemned the strike as a 'deliberate assassination' calling it a 'desperate attempt to silence the voices exposing the impending seizure and occupation of Gaza'.
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