At a time when most of us thought that the atrocities in the Gaza Strip couldn’t get any worse, to no one’s surprise, they did, as last night, one of the few remaining press camps was targeted by occupying forces, killing five journalists who had been documenting the war for the world for nearly two years.
Forever silencing some of the last voices reporting from inside the besieged enclave, Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Alia —members of Al Jazeera’s staff— have joined the growing list of journalists killed since the beginning of the genocidal campaign on Gaza. Famous for their coverage — made possible only because no foreign journalists are allowed in and most local reporters have either fled or also been killed — their murders, in blatant violation of international law and countless conventions, lay bare a clear strategy to monopolize the truth by any means necessary.
Well aware of the fact that assassinating journalists means getting rid of first-hand witnesses, Gaza has since turned into a graveyard for the press. Since Oct. 7, 2023, 269 journalists have been killed, making this not only the deadliest conflict for media workers ever recorded, but a deliberate assault on the very act of reporting. More have been killed here than in both World Wars, the Vietnam War, the wars in Yugoslavia, and the U.S. war in Afghanistan all together; an unprecedented toll that, to most of the planet, should be a clear warning of the lengths to which the IOF is willing to go to bury its crimes.
Following Al-Sharif’s assassination, a final statement he had penned months earlier was released. Calling it his ‘final will’, meant to be shared only upon his death, he shares his wishes, thoughts and prayers to those he leaves behind.
“I have lived through pain in all its details, tasted suffering and loss many times, yet I never once hesitated to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification—so that Allah may bear witness against those who stayed silent, those who accepted our killing, those who choked our breath, and whose hearts were unmoved by the scattered remains of our children and women, doing nothing to stop the massacre that our people have faced for more than a year and a half,” one passage reads, before going on to list all that he entrusts to the world, including the care of his mother, wife, children, his homeland, and its people.
This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings.
Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my…
— أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif (@AnasAlSharif0) August 10, 2025
Quite frankly, writing this piece is one of the hardest things I’ve had to do as a journalist. I’ve typed and backspaced more times than I can count, searching for the right words to capture the horror of what is being carried out before our eyes. But the truth is: there aren’t any. From inside Gaza or out, it feels as if no one cares. We have been telling the world what’s happening — pleading, documenting, reporting — only to be met with disregard, if not complete indifference.
What more needs to be done? What further crimes must be committed before we put an end to more than seven decades of occupation and ethnic cleansing? Tell us. Because it feels as if nothing will happen until the current leadership’s actions crush every remaining voice left.
We’ve lost five more journalists—killed for doing their jobs — amongst thousands of individuals whose only crime was being born on a land others desperately want as theirs. But a land worth dying for will never be the same as a land you must kill to claim, and with that in mind, no amount of violence will wash away the truth of who it truly belongs to.
Rest in peace to them, and to all whose lives have been taken unjustly. Justice will come, one day.
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