- Anas Jamal Al-Sharif was a Palestinian journalist from Gaza. He was killed, along with four of his Al Jazeera colleagues and two others, including his nephew, in a targeted Israeli air strike on a media tent outside Al-Shifa Hospital on 10 August 2025. Below, openDemocracy is republishing his final statement, which was published posthumously on his X account.
This is my will and my final message. If these words of mine reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice.
Peace be upon you, and the mercy and blessings of Allah. Allah knows that I exerted every effort and strength I had to be a support and a voice for my people, from the moment I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and streets of the Jabalia refugee camp. My hope was that Allah would prolong my life until I could return with my family and loved ones to our original hometown, the occupied Ascalon "Majdal." But Allah’s will prevailed, and His decree was fulfilled.
I lived pain in all its details and tasted loss and grief time and again. Yet, I never hesitated for a single day to convey the truth as it is, without distortion or falsification, hoping that Allah would bear witness to those who remained silent, those who accepted our killing, and those who besieged our breaths, unmoved by the remains of our children and women, and who did not stop the massacre that our people have been enduring for over a year and a half.
