In a highly controversial strike, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have confirmed killing Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif in Gaza, alleging he was a senior Hamas leader. The attack, which wiped out members of his team,

Al Jazeera confirmed that the outlet's Arabic correspondent, Anas al-Sharif, has been killed by an Israeli strike in Gaza City. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) also confirmed his death in a statement to Newsweek, saying "the IDF struck the terrorist Anas Al-Sharif, who posed as a journalist for the Al Jazeera network."

The Israel Defense Forces said that it killed a man in Gaza who it claimed was posing as an Al Jazeera journalist, but the news network said that Anas al-Sharif was a journalist and that he and four other staff members were killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike.