Al Jazeera clarifies Israeli strike killed 4 staff, 2 freelancers

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A recent Israeli strike killed four Al Jazeera journalists and two freelancers, the news channel said on Tuesday, clarifying that four of the six dead were staff and not five as initially reported, AFP reports.

The Qatar-based broadcaster had originally reported its correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were killed in the Israeli attack on Sunday.

But in a corrected report on its English-language website, Al Jazeera clarified that Moamen Aliwa worked as a freelance cameraman, adding that the sixth journalist slain in the attack, Mohammed al-Khalidi, was also a freelancer.

“An earlier version of this story referred to Israel killing five Al Jazeera staff. The number of Al Jazeera journalists Israel killed was four,” Al Jazeera’s statement read.

The attack on the journalists’ tent in Gaza City in the north of the Palestinian territory provoked international outrage and condemnation from journalists’ groups.

The Israeli military confirmed that it had carried out the attack on Sharif, one of the most recognisable faces on the channel, claiming that he was a “terrorist” who “posed as a journalist”.

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