Aljazeera denies claims that killed journalist was Hamas member

Earlier today, Israel’s army spokesperson Daniel Hagari confirmed that an Israeli air strike targeted and killed Aljazeera journalist Ismail al-Ghoul and his colleague Rami al-Rify in Gaza on Wednesday.

Hagari also claimed that al-Ghoul was a member of Hamas and took part in the 7 October attack on Israel.

“Aljazeera strongly refutes the baseless allegations made by the Israeli occupation forces in an attempt to justify its deliberate killing of our colleague”, the media network published on its website today.

On 18 March, the Israeli army raided Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital and detained al-Ghoul for a period of time before releasing him again, which refutes the military’s claim of al-Ghoul’s supposed Hamas affiliation, Aljazeera stated.