The six journalists were killed and two others were injured by a targeted strike on a tent used by media near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. 

Aliwa was working as an assistant camera operator and logistics provider for Al Jazeera at the time of his death and was inside the Al Jazeera tent when it was struck, Mahmoud Elewa, the journalist’s brother, told CPJ. Al-Khaldi, who contributed to the Palestinian NGO Filastiniyat and the local online platform Sahat, was inside a nearby tent.

CPJ called for al-Sharif’s protection in a July statement, in which he told CPJ that “Adraee’s campaign is not only a media threat or an image destruction; it is a real-life threat.”

He said, “All of this is happening because my coverage of the crimes of the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip harms them and damages their image in the world. They accuse me of being a terrorist because the occupation wants to assassinate me morally.”

Mohammed Qita, a freelance reporter and camera operator who contributes to Qatari-based Al Jazeera Mubasher, told CPJ that he was outside a neighboring tent when the explosion occurred and burned his hand while trying to extinguish the flames on al-Khalid’s body, as well as being struck by shrapnel. Mohamad Subuh, a correspondent for the pro-Fatah broadcaster Al-Kofiya TV, told CPJ that he was injured by shrapnel while inside a nearby tent.

With Sunday’s killing of six journalists, 192 journalists have been killed since the start of the Israeli-Gaza war on October 7, 2023. At least 184 of those journalists were Palestinians killed by Israel.

The August 10 attack raises the number of Al Jazeera staff journalists killed by Israel in Gaza during the war to 10, in addition to nine journalists who freelanced with the media organization, according to CPJ data. 

“If Israel can kill the most prominent Gazan journalist, then it can kill anyone. The world needs to see these deadly attacks on journalists inside Gaza, as well as its censorship of journalists in Israel and the West Bank, for what they are: a deliberate and systematic attempt to cover up Israel’s actions,” said Qudah. “Israel has killed more journalists in the 22 months since the start of the war than were killed worldwide in the preceding three years. Deliberately targeting journalists is a war crime under international law. This massacre must end.”

CPJ emailed the IDF’s North America Media Desk to request comment on the killings and additional detail on the terrorism allegations but did not immediately receive any response.

Editor’s note: This text was updated on August 11, 2025, to add details and corrected to reflect that 8 press members were killed on November 18, 2023, and 165 press members were killed from 2020-2022. On August 13, the text was updated to add details and reflect that Aliwa was an Al Jazeera freelancer.