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V O L .1 E L I T E ISSUE 72

The targeting of Anas al-Sharif and his Thus, the assassination of journalists in

colleague Mohammad Qreiqa was not an Gaza is not merely a crime against
isolated incident, but part of a direct individuals it is an organized attempt to
assault by the occupation forces on the eliminate visual memory and living
journalists’ camp in Gaza a step that testimony, replacing them with a one

clearly shows the aim was not an sided narrative that justifies aggression
individual, but the entire field media and erases the truth.
institution. This shelling falls within a Anas al-Sharif is gone, but his voice will
long history of systematic violations echo in the conscience of the world,

against journalists in Palestine, a record bearing witness that truth may be
marked by numerous assassinations of besieged but can never be defeated. In
media professionals. every picture he took and every word he
reported, he planted a seed of awareness

that no winds of oblivion can erase. And
as long as there are those who raise their
cameras against injustice and write words
in a time of blackout, the mission for

which he gave his life will remain alive
until the day his wish is fulfilled, and the
sun of freedom rises over Palestine.

international courts, and can influence
global public opinion, further isolating its

policies. For the occupation, a free press is
a strategic threat because it can shatter the
official narrative it seeks to impose on the
international community. This crime

carries two main dimensions:
A deterrent dimension, aiming to instill
fear among local and foreign journalists
to keep them away from field coverage,

especially in the critical moments before
military assaults.
A communicational and political
dimension, as the occupation knows that

documented images can become legal
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