'If these words reach you ... Israel has succeeded in killing me': the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza [View all]
Source: The Guardian
Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night. This is the message he had prepared for his family, and his call for the world not to forget Gaza
The following statement was posthumously published on Anas al-Sharif’s X account, after an attack on a tent for journalists near al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City. Seven people in total were killed including al-Sharif, the Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa, according to Al Jazeera.
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.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/11/anas-al-sharif-al-jazeera-journalist-killed-gaza-israeli-airstrike
A beautiful request for the world not to forget him, Palestine, his family, and Gaza. Please read, and weep.
Anas al-Sharif with his daughter, Sham, and son, Salah. Photograph: Faceboook
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