Al Jazeera journalists killed in targeted Israeli attack in Gaza
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Israel’s military says it's killed the prominent Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif in a strike in Gaza City which also killed four of his colleagues. Israel said he was the leader of a Hamas cell planning rocket attacks, a claim strongly denied by Al Jazeera. Also: the dating app which lets women post anonymous reviews of men, and can AI take on the role of a priest?
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:05.6 | I'm Julia McFarlane and in the early hours of Monday the 11th of August, these are our main stories. |
| 0:11.9 | Several Al Jazeera journalists have been killed in a targeted Israeli attack in Gaza. |
| 0:17.1 | Israel has faced fierce criticism at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, |
| 0:22.3 | Everett's plan to step up its offensive. |
| 0:25.1 | President Zelensky has said he wants to avoid Donald Trump being misled by the Russian president at their talks on Friday. |
| 0:33.3 | Also in this podcast, |
| 0:35.2 | The heart of ordained ministry is incarnational, showing up, holding silence at a deathbed. |
| 0:41.1 | Can AI take on the role of a priest? |
| 0:48.6 | As we record this podcast, the Israeli military has said it's killed several journalists in Gaza who are working |
| 0:55.0 | for the international news broadcaster Al Jazeera. One of those killed was the prominent correspondent |
| 1:00.1 | Anas al-Sharif, whom Israel had previously accused of leading a Hamas cell which was planning to carry out |
| 1:06.1 | rocket attacks. He and Al Jazeera have denied this. Mohamed Mawad is the managing editor of Al Jazeera. |
| 1:13.5 | We have been trying to ask them to stay cautious, to take all measures needed for this safety. |
| 1:23.8 | But they refuse. They say that this is our story. Gazzar story is our story. We will continue the coverage, despite the fact that they have been threatened and dismayed by the Israeli government and the IDF for a long time now. |
| 1:38.1 | Anis-S. Sharif and Mohamed Krika were targeted in their tent. They were taking rest. |
| 1:52.8 | They felt like this is where the Israeli government wouldn't, wouldn't target us in a tent where we sleep, |
| 1:54.6 | where we are safe. |
| 1:56.1 | We're not harming anybody. |
| 2:00.4 | We are just in our tent taking a rest to continue the coverage, and they were targeted. |
| 2:02.7 | Our international editor, Jeremy Bowen, is in Jerusalem. |
| 2:06.0 | It seems clear now. It's been confirmed not just from Gaza, but by the Israel Defense Forces, |
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