JERUSALEM, April 9, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The Israeli military said on Thursday that an Al Jazeera journalist killed a day earlier in an Israeli strike in Gaza was a Hamas militant who had "operated under the guise of a journalist". It said Wishah had "operated under the guise of an Al Jazeera journalist, exploiting this identity in order to advance terrorist activities against IDF forces and the State of Israel". Al Jazeera listed Wishah alongside another 10 of its journalists killed in Gaza since the October 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel by Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas that triggered the Gaza war. Earlier in August 2025, four Al Jazeera staff and two freelancers were killed in an Israeli air strike outside Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, prompting widespread condemnation. In its statement, Al Jazeera said it would pursue "all necessary legal action to prosecute those responsible for the killing of its correspondents and staff in Gaza, and to seek justice for them and for all fallen journalists".

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha April 09, 2026 08:46 UTC