Al Jazeera condemns Israeli strike that killed journalist’s father

The Al Jazeera network released a statement that condemned the bombing of the home of one of its Gaza-based journalists, Anas al-Sharif, which resulted in the death of his father.

“The Network expresses its deepest condolences to our colleague Anas and his family. Al Jazeera urges the international community and humanitarian organisations to urgently intervene and halt the Israeli occupation forces’ brutal targeting of both journalists and civilians in the Gaza Strip,” the network said in a statement.

Al Jazeera further said that it plans to take legal measures to ensure that the perpetrators of the attack are held to account.

The attack comes just days after 22 family members of another Al Jazeera journalist, Moamen al-Sharafi, were similarly killed in an Israeli air strike.