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Israeli airstrike kills a prominent Al Jazeera journalist and colleagues

By Aya Batrawy

Published August 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM EDT

Al Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif and four of his colleagues were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night in Gaza City.

Aya Batrawy

Aya Batraway is an NPR International Correspondent based in Dubai. She joined in 2022 from the Associated Press, where she was an editor and reporter for over 11 years.

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