Global condemnation is mounting over the assassination of one of the most prominent journalists in Gaza, Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, along with four of his colleagues at the network. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for an independent investigation after the five journalists were killed in a targeted Israeli strike outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. European Union officials and international press freedom groups have also denounced the assassinations. A sixth journalist, freelance reporter Mohammed Al-Khalidi, was also killed in the same strike. On Monday, large crowds of mourners gathered for a funeral procession for al-Sharif and his colleagues, marching from Al-Shifa to Sheikh Radwan Cemetery in central Gaza. This is Palestinian journalist Mohammed Al-Siqli.

Mohammed Al-Siqli: “Through this crime, the occupation is trying to silence words, distort the facts, conceal the truth and conceal its crimes in the Gaza Strip. However, we, the Palestinian journalists, say it loud and clear: If 1,000 are killed from the journalistic family instead of one journalist, the occupation will eventually face someone who will report its aggression and document its crimes in the Gaza Strip.”