Al Jazeera staff gathered on Monday (August 11) to pay tribute to five of their colleagues who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday (August 10).

Prominent Al Jazeera journalist, Anas Al Sharif, who had previously been threatened by Israel was killed along with four colleagues, in an attack condemned by journalist and rights groups.

Israel's military said it targeted and killed Al Sharif, alleging he had headed a Hamas militant cell and was involved in rocket attacks on Israel.

Al Jazeera, which is funded by the Qatari government, rejected the assertion, and before his death, Al Sharif had also rejected such claims by Israel.

"We stand today to express our appreciation and loyalty to our martyred colleagues, and to confirm that we are steadfast in our professionalism and going forward on this road," said Al Jazeer's new presenter, Salma Al-Jamal during the live broadcasted stand, as employees held photos of the deceased journalists.

''The killing of journalists will not stand in the way of spreading the facts and the words," added the network's news director, Assef Hamidi.

Al Sharif, 28, was among a group of four Al Jazeera journalists and an assistant who died in an airstrike on a tent near Al Shifa Hospital in eastern Gaza City, Gaza officials and Al Jazeera said. An official at the hospital said two other people were killed in the strike.

A sixth journalist, Mohammad Al-Khaldi, a local freelance reporter, was also killed in the strike, medics at Al Shifa Hospital said on Monday.

The other journalists killed were Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal, Al Jazeera said.

The Israeli military said in a statement that Al Sharif headed a Hamas cell and "was responsible for advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF (Israeli) troops," citing intelligence and documents found in Gaza as evidence. It has not made these public.

Israel denies deliberately targeting journalists. It says many of those killed in Israeli airstrikes were members of Islamist militant groups, working under the guise of the press.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: DOHA, QATAR (AUGUST 11, 2025) (AL JAZEERA - Must not obscure logo)

1. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) AL JAZEERA NEWS PRESENTER, SALMA AL-JAMAL, SAYING (SOUNDBITE PART OVERLAID WITH SHOTS OF AL JAZEERA EMPLOYEES STANDING AND HOLDING PHOTOS OF THE DECEASED JOURNALISTS)

''You will keep on watching the truth on Al Jazeera TV, but Anas Al Sharif will not visit you today. Neither him nor Mohammed Qreiqeh will appear on Al Jazeera TV during a live feed in your homes, and you will no longer watch either of them exposing the crimes of the Israeli bombardment on Gaza's homes, or wandering the tents of the displaced or among the crowds of starved people or the beds of destroyed hospitals. Those images were meant to disappear in the opinion of the killer. These images reshaped the international public opinion in regard to the historic unfairness that the Palestinian people is subject to."

2. WHITE FLASH

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) AL JAZEERA NEWS PRESENTER, SALMA AL-JAMAL, SAYING: (SOUNDBITE PART OVERLAID WITH SHOTS OF AL JAZEERA EMPLOYEES STANDING AND HOLDING PHOTOS OF THE DECEASED JOURNALISTS)

''We stand today to express our appreciation and loyalty to our martyred colleagues, and to confirm that we are steadfast in our professionalism and going forward on this road."

4. WHITE FLASH

5. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) AL JAZEERA NEWS DIRECTOR, ASEF HAMIDI, SAYING: (SOUNDBITE PART OVERLAID WITH SHOTS OF AL JAZEERA EMPLOYEES STANDING AND HOLDING PHOTOS OF THE DECEASED JOURNALISTS)

''The killing of journalists will not stand in the way of spreading the facts and the words. May Anas Al Sharif, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, rest in peace. May all the martyrs of truth rest in peace."