Gaza City, Gaza – Na wah! Dem no fit shout for this kain news wey drop, as five journalists from Al Jazeera, including the popular Anas al-Sharif, don meet dem end for a targeted Israeli airstrike on Sunday night.
The attack happen for a tent wey dem use dey report news outside al-Shifa Hospital wey dey Gaza City. Reports say dem strike don take seven lives in total, with Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa dey among the casualties. Na wah, wahala too plenty for dis side!
Before dem carry al-Sharif go where e no go return, that padi don drop some hot tweets as he dey report say Israeli bombardment don turn serious. He call am ‘fire belts,’ and for the last video wey dem fit capture, you fit hear all the banging in the background as light scatter the dark sky. Talk about a goodbye with a boom!
In one message wey don circulate after him death, al-Sharif talk say he “tasted grief and loss repeatedly” but still dey try to carry correct news without any wahala. E even mention say the hearts of dem wey dey watch no go move even when innocent children dey suffer.
Al Jazeera don release statement wey show say dem dey vex well well over di matter, calling this one “blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom.” Dem no fit hide their anger as dem call out di international community to make noise and put a stop to this genocide wahala!
Hani Mahmoud, one journalist wey dey report just one block away when the airstrike go off, say dis one na di hardest news wey e don report in 22 months of war. Imagine gunshots, explosions, and your fellow journalists dey die just like that? Chai!
As di fallout dey happen, di Israeli military don talk say al-Sharif na terrorist wey dey run Hamas fight, claiming dem get proof to back am up. But experts dey talk say dis story na just way to silence the truth. Dem even accuse Israel say dem dey fabricate evidence against journalists wey dey report di sufferings of Gaza people.
While di world dey waka ahead, one analyst, Muhammed Shehada, don come talk say di Israeli force no fit show any evidence wey talk say al-Sharif dey part of any wahala. Dem claim say he dey always dey with camera dey collect news na him job, and not be fighting for any side.
Since di beginning of the conflict back in October 2023, voices of journalists like al-Sharif don dey in danger as dem dey target dem for reporting di sufferings of di Palestinian people. Eyah, wahala full ground!
Dis koko matter show us how press freedom dey under threat, and we go just dey wish make dem find better way to settle wahala. Meanwhile, people dey suffer, and innocent lives dey lost every day. Al Jazeera call am a desperate attack to silence di truth. Na so e be, we go dey follow and see how di koko go play out. Abeg, make we no forget say journalists na civilians too, and dem no suppose be targeted!
