Anas Al-Sharif
أنس الشريف
Correspondent for Al Jazeera in northern Gaza
Killed by Israel using an Airstrike
Killed by Israel on 10 Aug 2025
Archived Videos on TikTok Genocide
Links
- Backstory of how Anas chose journalism
- Anas al-Sharif Was My Friend. Here’s Why Israel Feared Him So Much.
Archivist Notes
Full name: Anas Jamal Mahmoud Al-Sharif | أنس جمال محمود الشريف
Killed in an Israeli assassination airstrike targeting him in his Al Jazeera press tent. The airstrike killed 6 people including 5 Al Jazeera staff, and journalist Muhammad Al-Khalidi.
The IDF and Israeli media had repeatedly incited against Anas Al-Sharif since as early as March 2024 accusing him without substance of being affiliated with Hamas.
Anas was hired by Al Jazeera early in the genocide following their discovery of his visual documentation of Israeli strikes on his hometown of Jabalia, North Gaza. He was assigned within a few weeks to officially become a correspondent.
The IDF had bombed his family home in late 2023 killing his father. Despite multiple ground invasions of North Gaza, Anas remained there until his colleagues were chased and shot by Israeli drones in October 2024. He then moved to report from Al-Ahli hospital. After Israel bombed Al-Ahli hospital on April 13, 2024, Anas moved to report from Al-Shifa hospital where he was killed. He was reporting day and night from thse fixed workplace clearly known to the public and to the IDF, contrary to the latter's claim of him being a "cell leader".
Anas was dubbed "The voice of Gaza" by the locals and had built world renown through his footage and live reports, numbering in the hundreds, Anas was instrumental in documenting Israeli war crimes in all their forms across northern Gaza from bombings of homes, schools, hospitals, displacement, starvation, assassinations of his close colleagues and other aspects of living conditions.
Anas studied journalism at the Media faculty of Al-Aqsa University in Gaza. He was encouraged to pursue journalism by his mentor journalist Imad Zaqout who saw potential in him.