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Mike 03

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6. The coverage of these crimes on Al Jazeera has been so poignant
Tue Aug 12, 2025, 03:45 AM
Aug 12

Listening between the lines, it seems like many if not all of AJ's Gaza reporters may have prepared these types of wills or final statements. There is some video of him with his daughter that is almost unbearable to watch, knowing now that her dad is dead. Judging by what the other AJ staff and presenters are saying, not only the Gaza reporters/crew but their families are aware of these risks. al-Sharif may have done the unthinkable (emotionally speaking) and prepared his children for the probability of his death.

The Gaza reporters (and their crews) have so much courage. Every morning when I turn on AJ I know there is a possibility (that is more and more becoming a probability) that one day one or more of the three presenters on AJ English in Gaza, who I have watched report from the rubble of Gaza almost every day now for 22 months (Hanni, Hind and Tareq, I think) will have been killed.

These are remarkably courageous people, although sometimes I do wonder if AJ should pull them. As the space for civilians shrinks, I don't see how the risk doesn't just keep rising dramatically. You know Israel doesn't want anyone to report on what comes next.



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