Last night, Israel killed five Al Jazeera journalists in what it called a "targeted strike" on a tent near Gaza's al-Shifa hospital.
One of those killed - Anas al-Sharif - was one of the most prominent correspondents reporting from the Strip. The funerals of the five journalists drew huge crowds of people, gathering to pay their respects.
They join a growing list of Palestinian journalists dead in Gaza, with the Committee to Protect Journalists saying 186 have now been killed since the war began.
The Israeli military insists says it has evidence Sharif "served as the head of a terrorist cell" in Hamas. But it produced little evidence to support that claim.
The BBC understands he did previously work for a Hamas media team before the conflict began. Al Jazeera denies its reporters are affiliated with Hamas, and in social media videos before his death Sharif can be heard criticising the group.
Condemnation of the killings has rung out from media organisations, humanitarian groups and foreign governments.
They accuse Israel of trying to silence journalists reporting on what is going on there. Israel denies deliberately targeting journalists.
SOURCE/AUTHOR : Edited by Alex Smith and Rorey Bosotti BBC NEWS
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