Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital

This is my will and my final message.

If my words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace, mercy, and blessings be upon you.

God knows that I have given all my effort and strength to be a support and a voice for my people since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that God would grant me life to return with my family and loved ones to our original town of Ashkelon (Al-Majdal), occupied land. But God’s will was swifter, and His decree is binding.

I lived pain in all its details, tasted grief and loss repeatedly, yet I never hesitated to convey the truth as it is—without distortion or falsification—hoping God would bear witness against those who remained silent, those who accepted our killing, those who besieged our breaths, and whose hearts were not moved by the shattered bodies of our children and women, nor did they stop the massacre our people have faced for more than a year and a half.

I entrust you with Palestine, the jewel of the Muslim world and the pulse of every free heart in this world. I entrust you with its people, with its innocent children who were not granted the time to dream or live in safety and peace. Their pure bodies were crushed under thousands of tons of Israeli bombs and missiles, torn apart, their remains scattered on the walls.

I urge you not to let chains silence you, nor borders restrain you. Be bridges toward liberating the land and the people until the sun of dignity and freedom rises over our stolen homeland.

I entrust you with my family. I entrust you with the apple of my eye, my beloved daughter, Sham, whom fate did not allow me to see grow as I dreamed.

I entrust you with my dear son, Salah, whom I wished to support and accompany until he grew strong, carrying my burden and continuing the mission.

I entrust you with my beloved mother, whose prayers were the reason I reached where I did. Her supplications were my fortress, and her light my path. I pray God to ease her heart and reward her abundantly on my behalf.

I also entrust you with my lifelong companion, my beloved wife, Umm Salah Bayan, from whom war separated us for long days and months, but who remained faithful, steadfast like an olive tree trunk that never bends, patient and devout, carrying the trust in my absence with strength and faith.

I urge you to gather around them and be their support after God Almighty. If I die, I die steadfast on my principles, bearing witness to God that I am satisfied with His decree, believing in meeting Him, and certain that what is with God is better and everlasting.

O God, accept me among the martyrs, forgive my past and future sins, and make my blood a light that illuminates the path to freedom for my people and family.

Forgive me if I fell short, and pray for me mercy, for I have remained true to the covenant, never changing or betraying it.

Do not forget Gaza… And do not forget me in your good prayers for forgiveness and acceptance. Anas Jamal Al-Sharif 06.04.2025

This is what Anas ordered to be published upon his martyrdom.

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This is so devastating and infuriating, I always imagined Anas taking off his press vest and announcing the end of this war. Even more upsetting is that the most moral army in the world took credit for it.

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It’s not a coincidence they were targeted now, they were some of the last reporters still alive in Gaza city. Anas even warned an invasion is coming and that it was going be incredibly bloody, now there’s going to be very little coverage of their atrocities.

One of the greatest and bravest journalists of all time, I really hope we can see his murderers brought to justice.

In the top photo, Anas and Hossam Shabat carrying the body of their colleague Ismael Al ghoul, in the bottom photo Anas carrying the body of Hossam Shabat, all 3 were journalists

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Make no mistake, they killed him because they didn’t want him covering IDF war crimes and atrocities once they moved to destroy Gaza’s largest city. Expect to see fewer and fewer reports as Israel hunts down any witnesses.

Fuck the genocidal state of Israel and fuck everyone who still falls for their lies

I’m in so much shock. I keep sobbing about it. We watched him on Al jazeera all the time. He was always there. He was always sharing things on social media too. The people we see on TV keep being murdered. And there are hundreds of thousands just like them. I don’t know how much more the heart can bear. الله يرحمه و ربنا ينتقم من كل الظالمين

They’ve already started burying the evidence in rubble. The planned occupation will only serve to wipe the slate clean of evidence, and to provide security to Levi4than’s [LNG infrastructure off the coast](https://newmedenergy.com/wp-content/themes/newmed/images/leviathan-1.jpg) after their [record breaking deal with Egypt.](https://www.ft.com/content/d6999680-2466-4f3f-9a58-99596549ff2d)

Absolutely sickening.

Anas al-Sharif has been documenting the utter decimation of his home and people for twenty-two months, he won an award for Best Young Journalist in Palestine back in 2018 for his work.

It’s disgusting that the IOF will claim there’s any sort of legitimacy to murdering him. Over 175 Palestinian journalists in Gaza have been killed by israeli forces since 2023, they have been deliberately targeting journalists and press tents since the beginning.

The utter courage it takes to continue to broadcast the atrocities being committed against your people while knowing that the very act of reporting puts a target on your back is frankly unbelievable. Wearing a press vest is one of the most dangerous things you can do in Gaza.

IDF were killing journalists before October 7th. The truth and press have always been the enemy of Israel. If anyone is still somehow under the spell of Israel’s lies and propaganda, then ask yourself why no international journalists are allowed into Gaza