Anas Al-Sharif was Palestinian journalist. He worked for Al Jazeera Arabic. He reported from northern Gaza during Gaza war. He born in Jabalia refugee camp in 1996. He was killed on 10 August 2025 in an Israeli airstrike. The strike hit a tent outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Four other journalists and two others also died. At that time 234 journalists had been killed in Gaza war.
Before he died, Israeli military accused him of being a Hamas operative. Human rights groups and Al Jazeera said this was an excuse to kill journalists. The Committee to Protect Journalists called on world to protect him. His brother said Israel offered him safe passage out of Gaza if he stopped reporting. But he refused.
He was married and had two children. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2024 with Reuters team for photos of Gaza war. He didnt evacuate northern Gaza despite Israeli orders. He continued reporting. His father was killed in an airstrike on family home in 2023. His colleague Ismail Al-Ghoul was killed in July 2024. Al-Sharif reported on his death.
After Al-Sharif died, Hamas called it a barbaric crime. Al Jazeera called it a premeditated assassination. Many protests happened around the world. The Hind Rajab Foundation filed a complaint to the International Criminal Court.