The Israel Defense Forces made the allegation without proof. Al Jazeera and al-Sharif rebutted the accusations.

Israel is fending off criticism after killing a well known Al Jazeera correspondent whom it accused of being a Hamas fighter in a strike on Gaza City on Sunday night. Anas al-Sharif, 28, was killed ...

Israel had been openly threatening to target Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif for several weeks, claiming he was a Hamas operative, which al-Sharif and the network had denied.