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Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif poses for a photo with his children. Al-Sharif was killed in an Israeli attack on August 10, 2025. The year 2025 became the deadliest conflict for journalists on record, with more than 300 journalists and media workers killed in Gaza since Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza began in October 2023. [Al Jazeera]
A woman displays a memorial sign of slain Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif as people demonstrate during a general strike called by Spanish unions in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Madrid, Spain, on October 15, 2025. [Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters]
![From left: Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Noufal, Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Qreiqeh [Al Jazeera]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/1000044491-4-1754998864.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Pictured from left, Anas al-Sharif, Mohammed Noufal, Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Qreiqeh. [Al Jazeera]
A placard in memory of slain Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif is seen as demonstrators take part in a pro-Palestinian rally against Israel's actions and ongoing food shortages in the Gaza Strip in Melbourne, Australia, on August 24, 2025. [William West/AFP]
Iraqis gather in front of the al-Asafi Mosque in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, on August 11, 2025, to stage a demonstration for Palestinian journalist Anas al-Sharif, who was killed by Israel. Demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags chanted slogans in support of Gaza. [Wisam Zeyad Mohammed/Anadolu]
A woman holds a picture of journalist Anas al-Sharif as NUJ members hold a vigil outside Downing Street following the killing of five Palestinian journalists working for Al Jazeera in Gaza, on August 13, 2025 in London, England. [Alishia Abodunde/Getty Images]
![Palestinians pray over the bodies of journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohamed Qreiqeh, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, during their funeral outside Gaza City's Shifa hospital complex, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/AP25223324775565-1755414297.jpg?resize=570%2C380&quality=80)
Palestinians pray over the bodies of journalists, including Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, during their funeral outside Gaza City's al-Shifa Hospital, August 11, 2025. [Jehad Alshrafi/AP Photo]
A man in Gaza holds the press vest of slain Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif after he was buried along with four of his colleagues. [Al Jazeera]
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