Israel says Al Jazeera journalist it killed in Gaza was Hamas ‘sniper’

Israel on Tuesday said it had killed an Al Jazeera employee in the Gaza Strip, accusing the journalist, Hussam Shabat, of being a “sniper terrorist” for Hamas.

The Qatar-based network said Shabat was killed Monday in an Israeli strike on his vehicle in northern Gaza, in an attack that media watchdog Reporters without Borders (RSF) condemned as part of a “massacre of journalists” in the Palestinian territory.

A joint statement from the Israeli military and Shin Bet internal security agency said…

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News Source: www.al-monitor.com

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