Funerals held for Al Jazeera journalists killed in Gaza
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
The Israeli military says it targeted 28-year-old correspondent Anas al-Sharif, alleging he had "served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas", but has produced little evidence to support that claim. We speak to Al Jazeera's Managing Editor. Also in the programme: The Colombian Senator Miguel Uribe Turbay has died from wounds sustained when he was shot at a campaign rally in June; and mentally fit at 96 - we meet the man willing to have his mental arithmetic tested on a television gameshow. (Photo: Al Jazeera staff members gather at the network’s studios, to remember their colleagues Anas Al-Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and another colleague, who were killed in Gaza City by an Israeli strike. Credit: Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour live from the BBC World Service in London. |
| 0:08.2 | I'm Rebecca Kesbby. |
| 0:10.1 | I gave all my strength to be a support and voice for my people. |
| 0:14.7 | That's part of a pre-prepared statement made by Al Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif, |
| 0:19.9 | who was targeted and killed by Israeli forces last night in Gaza, |
| 0:25.1 | along with four of his colleagues who were also killed, another three were injured. |
| 0:30.4 | He had been warned by the committee to protect journalists that he could be a target. |
| 0:35.1 | In the statement, he also said, quote, I never once hesitated |
| 0:39.0 | to convey the truth as it was |
| 0:41.3 | without distortion or falsification. |
| 0:44.9 | Al Jazeera has released this audio |
| 0:46.8 | of Anas al-Sharif, |
| 0:48.4 | which he recorded in anticipation of his death, |
| 0:51.8 | we've voiced up what he said. |
| 0:57.4 | The cover patient of his death. We've voiced up what he said. The coverage is ongoing on the Jazeera, even if I'm assassinated, along with all my colleagues. |
| 1:03.5 | We must convey this reality to the whole world to see what we live through, how our people live. |
| 1:10.8 | Therefore, the coverage will continue with or without me. |
| 1:14.4 | This is the truth, and it will remain so until the last breath and the last moment. |
| 1:24.8 | International media is banned from entering Gaza by Israel. |
| 1:29.4 | This Al Jazeera team was already there when the conflict broke out, |
| 1:33.3 | and it was one of the only complete news crews still operating there. |
| 1:37.5 | It seems the journalists had just gathered together in a tent |
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