An Israeli airstrike on 10 Aug. killed Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif and four colleagues—reporter Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa—while they were working in a tent set up for journalists near the main gate of Gaza City’s al-Shifa Hospital, the broadcaster said. Seven people in total died in the blast, which came amid intensified bombardment of the city. The Israel Defense Forces acknowledged targeting Al-Sharif, claiming he headed a Hamas cell that helped coordinate rocket attacks, but did not release supporting evidence. Al Jazeera rejected the allegation, calling the strike a "premeditated attack on press freedom" and urging governments and international bodies to halt what it described as the systematic killing of reporters in Gaza. The Committee to Protect Journalists said the latest deaths raise the toll to at least 180 Palestinian media workers killed since the war began in October 2023, the deadliest period for journalists on record. Rights advocates and a UN special rapporteur had previously warned that Al-Sharif was being singled out after Israeli spokespeople publicly labeled him a militant. Foreign reporters have been largely barred from independently entering Gaza, leaving local journalists—now facing mounting casualties—to provide frontline coverage of a conflict that is entering its 22nd month.