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Gaza Journalist Identified as Hamas Terrorist Won a Pulitzer; Reuters Can’t See the Problem
A combination picture shows undated handout images of hostages Ori Danino, Carmel Gat, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, and Almog Sarusi, who were kidnapped by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attacks, and then executed to prevent their return to Israel. Photo: Courtesy of Bring Them Home Now/Handout via REUTERS
While shame is most associated with being exposed for lies, Reuters treats its shame like a badge of honor.
After Israel exposed last week that Gaza journalist Anas al-Sharif was a Hamas terrorist, the news agency dismissed the evidence and stated that the Al Jazeera reporter previously won a team Pulitzer prize for Reuters.
It failed to mention — or perhaps even realize — the full implications of that revelation: almost the entire Reuters Gaza team that won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Photography for coverage of the Israel-Hamas war has now been compromised. The other three winners either infiltrated Israel during the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, or received awards from the terror group.
Pulitzer as a Cover for Terrorism
Almost all foreign media outlets decried the death of Anas al-Sharif in an IDF strike last Monday, August 11, while doubting or omitting hard evidence presented by the IDF proving that he was a commander of a terrorist cell in a Hamas guided rockets platoon.
The IDF presented an internal Hamas document where al-Sharif was registered as a soldier and team commander, as well as a photo showing him embraced by former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the October 7 attack against Israel.
No media outlet presented these documents. But Reuters went further than that.
Its lengthy article-turned-eulogy begins with a declaration that “Al Jazeera says he [al-Sharif] was one of Gaza’s bravest journalists,” automatically adopting the narrative of the Qatari-funded propaganda network that supports Hamas.
Israel’s claims were presented much further down the article as baseless accusations.
Then comes the following paragraph as if to prove that whoever wins a Pulitzer cannot possibly be a terrorist:
Al Sharif was previously part of a Reuters team which in 2024 won a Pulitzer Prize in the category of Breaking News Photography for coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.
Clearly, Reuters has no problem acknowledging its own links with al-Sharif, despite the revelations about his connections to terror.
This disclosure is in keeping with Reuters’ wilful blindness when it comes to acknowledging the terror links of some of its employees, as well as the Pulitzer establishment, which has ignored our exposure that this year’s winner for the New Yorker excused the abduction of Israelis by Hamas.
Compromised Team
But the writers and editors of the Reuters eulogy for al-Sharif did not realize, or omitted, a much bigger detail. Now, four out of the five winning team members from Gaza have been exposed as Hamas-linked.
One of the winners was Reuters photographer and Hamas’ “work partner” Yasser Qudih. HonestReporting exposed Qudih after he had infiltrated Israel on October 7, 2023, as Hamas slaughtered thousands and kidnapped hundreds of Israelis back into Gaza.
Another winner was Reuters photographer Ibraheem Abu Mustafa, whom Hamas honored for winning international awards back in 2021 and 2022.
Finally, there was Mohammed Salem, a Reuters photographer who received an award from top Hamas leaders in 2017 on behalf of his brother, the head of Reuters visuals in Gaza.
With Anas al-Sharif exposed as a Hamas operative who wore a press vest while being responsible for the firing of rockets at Israeli civilians, many questions now arise regarding his Gaza colleagues, especially those who have won prestigious awards and received commendations from the terrorists.
It is also a stain on the rightful winners of the award — those who still value professional and ethical journalism.
But instead of scrutiny, all criticism is met with disdain and labeled as an attack on the freedom of the press.
Because when one of the world’s largest news agencies sneaks in a paragraph about a Pulitzer win as some sort of refutation of hard evidence — it does exactly what Hamas wants.
It uses journalism as a shield, and by doing so, it literally aids terrorism.
HonestReporting is a Jerusalem-based media watchdog with a focus on antisemitism and anti-Israel bias — where a version of this article first appeared.
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After False Dawns, Gazans Hope Trump Will Force End to Two-Year-Old War
Palestinians walk past a residential building destroyed in previous Israeli strikes, after Hamas agreed to release hostages and accept some other terms in a US plan to end the war, in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa
Exhausted Palestinians in Gaza clung to hopes on Saturday that US President Donald Trump would keep up pressure on Israel to end a two-year-old war that has killed tens of thousands and displaced the entire population of more than two million.
Hamas’ declaration that it was ready to hand over hostages and accept some terms of Trump’s plan to end the conflict while calling for more talks on several key issues was greeted with relief in the enclave, where most homes are now in ruins.
“It’s happy news, it saves those who are still alive,” said 32-year-old Saoud Qarneyta, reacting to Hamas’ response and Trump’s intervention. “This is enough. Houses have been damaged, everything has been damaged, what is left? Nothing.”
GAZAN RESIDENT HOPES ‘WE WILL BE DONE WITH WARS’
Ismail Zayda, 40, a father of three, displaced from a suburb in northern Gaza City where Israel launched a full-scale ground operation last month, said: “We want President Trump to keep pushing for an end to the war, if this chance is lost, it means that Gaza City will be destroyed by Israel and we might not survive.
“Enough, two years of bombardment, death and starvation. Enough,” he told Reuters on a social media chat.
“God willing this will be the last war. We will hopefully be done with the wars,” said 59-year-old Ali Ahmad, speaking in one of the tented camps where most Palestinians now live.
“We urge all sides not to backtrack. Every day of delay costs lives in Gaza, it is not just time wasted, lives get wasted too,” said Tamer Al-Burai, a Gaza City businessman displaced with members of his family in central Gaza Strip.
After two previous ceasefires — one near the start of the war and another earlier this year — lasted only a few weeks, he said; “I am very optimistic this time, maybe Trump’s seeking to be remembered as a man of peace, will bring us real peace this time.”
RESIDENT WORRIES THAT NETANYAHU WILL ‘SABOTAGE’ DEAL
Some voiced hopes of returning to their homes, but the Israeli military issued a fresh warning to Gazans on Saturday to stay out of Gaza City, describing it as a “dangerous combat zone.”
Gazans have faced previous false dawns during the past two years, when Trump and others declared at several points during on-off negotiations between Hamas, Israel and Arab and US mediators that a deal was close, only for war to rage on.
“Will it happen? Can we trust Trump? Maybe we trust Trump, but will Netanyahu abide this time? He has always sabotaged everything and continued the war. I hope he ends it now,” said Aya, 31, who was displaced with her family to Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
She added: “Maybe there is a chance the war ends at October 7, two years after it began.”
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Mass Rally in Rome on Fourth Day of Italy’s Pro-Palestinian Protests
A Pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a national protest for Gaza in Rome, Italy, October 4, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Claudia Greco
Large crowds assembled in central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists.
People holding banners and Palestinian flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed past the Colosseum, taking part in a march that organizers hoped would attract at least 1 million people.
“I’m here with a lot of other friends because I think it is important for us all to mobilize individually,” Francesco Galtieri, a 65-year-old musician from Rome, said. “If we don’t all mobilize, then nothing will change.”
Since Israel started blocking the flotilla late on Wednesday, protests have sprung up across Europe and in other parts of the world, but in Italy they have been a daily occurrence, in multiple cities.
On Friday, unions called a general strike in support of the flotilla, with demonstrations across the country that attracted more than 2 million, according to organizers. The interior ministry estimated attendance at around 400,000.
Italy’s right-wing government has been critical of the protests, with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni suggesting that people would skip work for Gaza just as an excuse for a longer weekend break.
On Saturday, Meloni blamed protesters for insulting graffiti that appeared on a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Rome’s main train station, where Pro-Palestinian groups have been holding a protest picket.
“They say they are taking to the streets for peace, but then they insult the memory of a man who was a true defender and builder of peace. A shameful act committed by people blinded by ideology,” she said in a statement.
Israel launched its Gaza offensive after Hamas terrorists staged a cross border attack on October 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 people hostage.
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Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Israeli Hostages Under Trump Gaza Plan
Smoke rises during an Israeli military operation in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, October 2, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas said on Friday it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of US President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal, and signaled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.