- Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, reporter Mohammed Qreiqeh, and cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tent at the Al Shifa medical complex in Gaza City.
- The Israeli military alleged Al-Sharif was a Hamas terrorist who "posed as a journalist", but the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and a UN expert had previously warned of an Israeli "smear campaign" against him to justify his killing.
- Al Jazeera condemned the incident as a "targeted assassination" and a "blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom," noting Israel has killed 10 of its journalists in Gaza.
- CPJ and Reporters without Borders report an unprecedented number of journalists killed in Gaza, with Israel responsible for nearly 70 per cent of global journalist fatalities last year.
- The strike occurred hours after Benjamin Netanyahu promised to allow some foreign media into Gaza, amidst growing criticism of Israel's military offensive.
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