One year ago today, Israel killed Al Jazeera’s Anas al‑Sharif in a targeted drone strike in Gaza City. They struck a press tent. Cameras everywhere. Journalists inside.
Anas had already been threatened. Already pressured to leave Gaza. Already told he could escape if he stopped reporting. He refused. Four days later, Israel killed him — along with Mohammed Abu Sultan, Youssef Abu Daqa, Ahmed Abu Taha, and Mahmoud al‑Qudra. Five journalists wiped out in seconds.
His last message was: Gaza is being erased, and the world is pretending not to see.
A year later, the grief is still raw.
Anas weapon was a camera. He filmed families digging their children out of rubble. He filmed neighborhoods flattened. He filmed hunger, grief, and the Gaza's pain.
Israel terrorists killed him because he showed the truth.
The killing of Gaza’s journalists is systematic.
Since October 7, Israel has killed 300+ Palestinian journalists. The killing of these brave journalists have been systematic.
This has been a deliberate campaign to blind the world of their war crimes.
Anas al‑Sharif’s death was meant to silence Gaza.
The terrorists struck a clearly marked media tent.
And the world’s response? A couple of statements and condolences that changed nothing... Just lip service. There has been no protection. No consequences. No pressure to stop the killing of the very people documenting the killing.
His last words still stand.
“Do not be silent.”
He knew silence was exactly what he’d get after being martyred.
But Gaza remembers him. His colleagues remember him. Every family he interviewed remembers him. Every child he filmed remembers him. We still remember him.
Israel terrorists are still killing journalists. The world still remains silent. Nothing has changed a year on…three years on…78 years on.
