Anas Al-Sharif Age, Death, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Anas Jamal Mahmoud al-Sharif
Profession(s)	• Journalist • Correspondent • Videographer
Known for	Being killed in August 2025 while reporting from northern Gaza during the Gaza war
Physical Stats
Eye Colour	Brown
Hair Colour	Black
Career
Award	Amnesty International Australia's Human Rights Defender Award (2024)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	3 December 1996 (Tuesday)
Birthplace	Jabalia Refugee Camp, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Date of Death	10 August 2025
Place of Death	Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Age (at the time of death)	28 Years
Death Cause	Israeli airstrike
Zodiac sign	Sagittarius
Nationality	Palestinian
Hometown	Gaza Strip, Palestine
College/University	Al-Aqsa University, Gaza City and Khan Younis, Palestine
Educational Qualification	A Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication (Radio and Television)
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Social Media	Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status (at the time of death)	Married
Family
Children	Son- Sham Daughter- Salah
Parents	Father- Hajj Jamal Al-Sharif "Abu Shadi" (killed in an Israeli airstrike in December 2023)
Siblings	Brother- 1

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anas Al-Sharif

• After completing his formal education, Anas Al-Sharif started working as a volunteer at the Al-Shamal Media Network.

• Later, he joined Al Jazeera, a media network, as a reporter in northern Gaza.

• In October 2023, Anas Al-Sharif became well-known for reporting on the Gaza war.

• Reportedly, he was receiving repeated warnings and threats from the Israeli military, but he refused to leave the north.

• Anas Al-Sharif kept reporting every day despite bombings, killings, and people being forced to leave their homes.

• He often worked in dangerous conditions with little access to basic needs.

  

  Anas Al-Sharif during the Israel-Gaza war

• His reports showed important videos and stories from one of the hardest places in the world to reach during war.

• In November 2023, the Israeli military called Anas Al-Sharif and told him to leave northern Gaza.

• In December 2023, his father, Jamal, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on their house in Jabalia. Reportedly, his father could not leave the house with the rest of the family because he was sick.

• After his father’s death, Anas Al-Sharif said in the media that losing his father was very cruel and painful, but it made him more committed to sharing Gaza’s stories.

• In 2024, he started facing more and more threats from the Israeli army. These threats included phone calls, voice messages, and online posts falsely saying that he was a Hamas member.

• After that, the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, accused Al-Sharif and other journalists of being terrorists.

• Various human rights groups and Al Jazeera said that these claims were false and meant to justify killing journalists and stopping reports critical of Israel.

• The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) claimed that these attacks were a ‘warning sign’ of possible killing and requested the world to protect him and other reporters in Gaza.

• CPJ also said that local reporters faced great danger because they were the ‘last eyes and ears’ for the world to know what was happening in the conflict.

  

  Anas Al-Sharif while reporting from the Israel-Gaza conflict

• In January 2025, while reporting live on the Gaza war ceasefire, Anas Al-Sharif took off his protective gear. After that, people around him cheered and lifted him onto their shoulders in celebration.

  

  Anas Al-Sharif while reporting live on the Gaza war ceasefire and taking off his protective gear

• In March 2025, his colleague Hossam Shabat was killed by Israel. He joined the funeral procession for his colleague.

• In a conversation with Drop Site News, he said that he would keep reporting despite Israeli threats and the death of his father.

• On 31 July 2025, UN official Irene Khan spoke against the threats and false campaigns by the Israeli army toward Al-Sharif.

• She said that these actions were dangerous and meant to stop him from reporting on the killings in Gaza.

• Irene Khan also pointed out that Al-Sharif was called ‘the last surviving Al Jazeera journalist in northern Gaza.’ He had been wrongly accused of being a Hamas member without any proof. These accusations put his life in great danger.

• She said that Israel did not allow foreign reporters into Gaza, but still attacked and weakened local reporters. Irene Khan explained that local reporters were like the world’s ‘eyes’ to see and share what was happening.

• On 10 August 2025, Anas Al-Sharif was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tent near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

• His colleagues, Mohammed Qreiqeh, Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal, and Moamen Aliwa, were also killed in the attack.

• The Israeli army said that it targeted Al-Sharif and repeated its claim that he was a Hamas fighter.

  

  A poster issued by the IDF after the killing of Anas Al-Sharif

• His employer, Al Jazeera news network, claimed that the killing was a planned murder, which was meant to silence reporting before Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza.

• As of August 2025, Israel had killed more than 200 journalists during the Gaza war.

• After Anas Al-Sharif’s death was confirmed, a long message was posted online. The message seemed to have been written in advance and was reportedly posted by Al-Sharif’s friend. The message read,
  

  This is my last will and testament, my final message. If these words of mine reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. Peace, mercy, and blessings of God be upon you. God knows that I have exerted all my effort and strength to be a support and voice for my people, ever since I opened my eyes to life in the alleys and neighborhoods of Jabalia refugee camp.”

  In the same message, Anas Al-Sharif added that he had felt the pain and loss many times, but still told the truth honestly, and prayed that God would judge those who stayed silent, accepted the killing, and did nothing to stop the massacre of his people for over a year and a half.