Israel’s military has said it had killed a journalist working for Al Jazeera in Gaza a day earlier, claiming he was a “sniper terrorist” for Hamas, AFP reports.

“Yesterday (Monday), the IDF (military) and the Shin Bet (security agency) eliminated…a sniper terrorist from the Beit Hanoun Battalion of the Hamas terrorist organisation, who was also employed as a journalist by Al Jazeera,” a joint statement from the military and security agency said, referring to Hussam Shabat.

Al Jazeera said Shabat was killed in an Israeli strike on his vehicle in northern Gaza on Monday.