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Gaza (Quds News Network)- The Israeli military claimed that Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif was leading a Hamas cell after deliberately targeting and killing him in an attack on Sunday. However, the military has not provided any evidence to support this claim. The military also claimed that Anas was “advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and [Israeli] troops”. It alleged that it had documents providing “unequivocal proof” of his involvement with the Palestinian group. However, the military hasn't provided any evidence. Muhammed Shehada, an analyst at the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, said there was “zero evidence” that al-Sharif took part in any attacks. “His entire daily routine was standing in front of a camera from morning to evening.”

After murdering Anas al-Sharif and 4 other Al Jazeera journalists in a strike on their tent, Israel claimed Gaza’s most prominent journalist of the past 22 months was moonlighting as a Hamas fighter. Analyst @muhammadshehad2 shows exactly how much to value Israeli claims. pic.twitter.com/1ivcoNPsdw
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Al Jazeera, which has accused Israeli authorities of fabricating evidence to link its staff to Hamas, had recently denounced Israel’s military for waging a “campaign of incitement” against its reporters in the Gaza Strip, including al-Sharif. The Committee to Protect Journalists last month said it was gravely concerned for the journalist’s safety as he was being “targeted by an Israeli military smear campaign”. Since Israel launched its war on the enclave in October 2023, it has routinely accused Palestinian journalists in Gaza of being Hamas members as part of what rights groups say is an effort to discredit their reporting of Israeli abuses. The Israeli military has killed more than 200 reporters and media workers since its bombardment began. Israel has spread conflicting and fabricated claims about al-Sharif. Official Israeli statements label him variously as a “Nukhba unit militant,” a “soldier,” a “group commander,” and a “combatant.” The Israeli army also called him “a cell leader in Hamas’s anti-tank unit”. Another claim said he “led a rocket-launching cell”. These contradictions raise serious doubts about Israel’s accusations. One glaring inconsistency is the claimed date of his recruitment, his 17th birthday. Hamas membership officially requires a minimum age of 18, and joining elite groups like the Qassam Brigades typically takes years of vetting and training. Anas al-Sharif was one of six journalists killed by Israeli strikes on a tent used by Al Jazeera reporters outside al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Mohammed Qreiqa, Musab al-Sharif, Mohammed Noufal, and Ibrahim Zaher also were murdered in the attack. In recognition of his brave work, Amnesty International Australia awarded Anas al-Sharif the 2024 “Human Rights Defender” award. The honor highlighted his courageous coverage of the genocide in Gaza and his powerful eyewitness reports that revealed the suffering of civilians. Last month, after Israeli army spokesperson Avichai Adraee reshared a video on social media accusing al-Sharif of being a member of Hamas’s military wing, the United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of expression, Irene Khan, said she was “deeply alarmed by repeated threats and accusations of the Israeli army” against al-Sharif. “Fears for al-Sharif’s safety are well-founded as there is growing evidence that journalists in Gaza have been targeted and killed by the Israeli army on the basis of unsubstantiated claims that they were Hamas terrorists,” Khan said.

Israeli Military Claims Anas Al-Sharif Was Heading Hamas Cell With Zero Evidence

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