Palestinians pray over the bodies of journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qreiqeh, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, during their funeral outside Gaza City’s Shifa hospital complex, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025.
| Photo Credit: Jehad Alshrafi/AP
An Israeli strike on Al Jazeera staff in a tent near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on August 10, 2025 (Sunday) killed six journalists, four of whom were members of the Al Jazeera staff comprising correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal. The two other journalists killed were Moamen Aliwa and Mohammad al-Khaldi.
The deadly strike on the tent was deliberately carried out by the Israeli military who labelled Anas al-Sharif as a “terrorist” affiliated with Hamas, although many rights advocates stated that he was targeted for his frontline reporting.
According to the Committee to Project Journalists (CPJ), a US-based independent non-profit that promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists, the strike on August 10 also injured Ahmed al-Harazein, a 29-year-old driver and logistics provider for Al Jazeera. and two other journalists in the vicinity.
With the six journalists killed on August 10 the worrisome tally of the number of journalists and media workers killed in Gaza since October 7, 2023 escalated to 184.
Two-thirds of the killings of Palestinian journalists since October 7, 2023 were due to Israeli airstrikes, according to CPJ. The Palestinian journalists and media workers who have been killed since October 7, 2023 are shown in the graphic below.
Palestinian journalists killed since 2023 outnumber the total number of journalists killed in the world, as shown below. Two Israeli journalists, Roee Idan and Yaniv Zohar, were killed by Hamas on October 7, 2023.
In what has been deemed as the deadliest period for journalists, CPJ’s analysis shows that as of August 12, 2025, a total of 192 journalists were killed as a direct consequence of the Israel-Gaza War; comprising 184 (96%) Palestinians, 2 (1%) Israelis, and 6 (3%) Lebanese. Additionally:
132 journalists were reportedly injured.
2 journalists were reportedly missing.
90 journalists (including those in West Bank and Jerusalem) were reportedly arrested where Israel arrested 85 and Palestinian authorities arrested 5.
Multiple instances of assault, threats, cyberattacks, censorships, and killings of family members.
As of August 13, 2025, around 86.3% of the Gaza Strip remains under Israeli militarized zones or under displacement orders, or where these overlap, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA).
Palestinian fatalities as of August 13, 2025 stand at 61,722 with 18,430 or around 30% of those killed being children.
Published – August 15, 2025 12:20 pm IST
