The Cambridge AS and A Level results for the June 2025 session have been officially released. Thousands of students across Pakistan and worldwide can now access their scores online. Cambridge International Education (CIE) announced the results earlier today, marking the conclusion of months of exams and preparation.
Students and teachers welcomed the announcement, with many schools already sharing their students’ achievements on social media. The release of the results is a key moment for learners aiming to secure university admissions or meet scholarship requirements.
How to Check Cambridge AS and A Level Results Online
Students can check their results by visiting the official Cambridge International Direct website. Follow these steps:
Visit the Results Portal – Go to https://myresults.cie.org.uk/cie-candidate-results/login.
Log In – Enter your username and password provided by your school or exam center.
Select Your Qualification – Choose “AS and A Level” from the available options.
View Your Scores – Your grades and marks will be displayed on the screen.
Download or Print – Save or print your results for your records.
Students who face login issues should immediately contact their school’s exam officer for assistance.
Next Steps After Receiving Results
After checking results, students can begin planning their next academic move. Those who did well may now apply to their preferred universities or programs. Others who want to improve their grades can register for the upcoming exam session. Additionally, Cambridge offers post-results services, including rechecking or re-marking exam papers.
With results now available, students are encouraged to act quickly on university application deadlines, as many institutions have limited slots for international qualifications.
Those awaiting their IGCSE and O Level results will have to wait a little longer, as CAIE is expected to release them next week.
Maha Ali was determined to one day become a journalist and report on events in Gaza. Now she and other students have just one ambition: finding food as hunger ravages the Palestinian enclave.
As war rages, she is living among the ruins of the Islamic University, a once-bustling educational institution that, like most others in Gaza, has become a shelter for displaced people.
“We have been saying for a long time that we want to live, we want to get educated, we want to travel. Now we are saying we want to eat,” the 26-year-old honours student said.
Ali is part of a generation of Palestinians in Gaza – from primary school through university students – who say they have been robbed of an education by nearly two years of Israeli air strikes that have destroyed the enclave’s institutions.
More than 61,000 people have been killed by Israel’s war on Gaza, according to Gaza health authorities. Much of the enclave, which suffered from poverty and high unemployment even before the war, has been demolished.
Palestinian Minister of Education Amjad Barham accused Israel of carrying out systematic destruction of schools and universities, saying 293 of 307 schools have been destroyed completely or partially.
“With this, the occupation wants to kill hope inside our sons and daughters,” he said.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said, according to the latest satellite-based damage assessment in July, 97 percent of educational facilities in Gaza have sustained some level of damage with 91 percent requiring major rehabilitation or complete reconstruction to become functional again.
“Restrictions by Israeli authorities continue to limit the entry of educational supplies into Gaza, undermining the scale and quality of interventions,” it said.
Those grim statistics paint a bleak future for Yasmine al-Za’aneen, 19, sitting in a tent for the displaced and sorting through books that have survived Israeli strikes and displacement.
She recalled how immersed she was in her studies, printing papers, finding an office and fitting it with lights.
“Because of the war, everything was stopped. I mean everything I had built, everything I had done. Just in seconds, it was gone,” she said.
There is no immediate hope for relief or a return to the classroom.
Israel plans a new Gaza offensive, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he expected to complete “fairly quickly”, as the UN Security Council heard new demands for an end to the suffering in the Palestinian enclave.
Saja Adwan, 19, an honours student at the al-Azhar Institute who is living in a school turned shelter with her family of nine, recalled how the building where she once learned was bombed.
Her books and study materials are gone. To keep her mind occupied, she takes notes on the meagre educational papers she has left.
“All my memories were there – my ambitions, my goals. I was achieving a dream there. It was a life for me. When I used to go to the institute, I felt psychologically at ease,” she said.
“My studies were there; my life, my future, where I would graduate from.”
MAKKAH: Saudi Arabia is home to a vast network of caves and geological cavities formed over millions of years. The sites provide dramatic natural formations and rich stories about the region’s history.
With their adventure appeal, scientific value, and environmental diversity, these underground wonders are emerging as a promising tourism frontier, in line with Saudi Vision 2030.
In an interview with Arab News, cave researcher and adventurer Hassan Al-Rashidi shared his experiences exploring these hidden landscapes, describing how his passion began in childhood.
Caves attract a diverse mix of local and international visitors, from thrill-seekers to scientists drawn by the chance to study the Earth’s age, examine rock layers, and observe the creatures within. (Supplied)
He said: “The real starting point came in 2018 when I began filming and uploading videos for some friends, which received great interaction from the public. This encouraged me even more, especially after people from across the Kingdom reached out (by) asking to explore unknown sites.”
Among the many sites he has visited, Al-Rashidi enthuses over Abu Al-Waul Cave in Madinah’s Khaybar Governorate, east of Al-Thamad village, as the most remarkable for depth and natural formations.
It lies in the middle of Harrat Khaybar and is surrounded by other notable caves such as Maker Al-Shaiheen, Umm Jersan, Abu Jamajem, and Al-Sibaa Cave.
HIGHLIGHTS
• With their adventure appeal, scientific value, and environmental diversity, caves are emerging as a promising tourism frontier, in line with Saudi Vision 2030.
• Cave exploration carries risks such as possible collapses, which may be avoided by steering clear of unstable zones and exiting immediately if danger is detected.
• Some caves in the Kingdom remain closed to the public for safety, or to protect their archeological value.
Abu Al-Waul is the longest cave discovered in the Kingdom so far, stretching 5 km, and is still being studied, Al-Rashidi said.
According to researcher Hassan Al-Rashidi caves are ‘a rare geological, tourism, and environmental treasure that must be preserved.’ (Supplied)
The interiors of caves vary, with stalactites and stalagmites creating unique and stunning visuals.
Wildlife sightings are common, and Al-Rashidi said: “We have observed animals such as foxes, hyenas, and wolves, which use caves as a safe shelter during the day, coming out at night to hunt and bring food for their young.”
He added that cave exploration required careful preparation, from modern distance-measuring devices, and ropes and supports for slippery areas, to food, water, first aid kits, sturdy footwear, helmets, and lighting with spare batteries.
Caves attract a diverse mix of local and international visitors, from thrill-seekers to scientists drawn by the chance to study the Earth’s age, examine rock layers, and observe the creatures within. (Supplied)
Al-Rashidi added that volcanic caves form when the outer layer of lava cools while the inner part remains molten and flows onward, while calcareous sandstone caves date back millions of years and are formed from compacted sand layers shaped by rainfall and other climatic factors.
Cave exploration carries risks such as possible collapses, which may be avoided by steering clear of unstable zones and exiting immediately if danger is detected.
Some caves in the Kingdom remain closed to the public for safety, or to protect their archaeological value.
Caves attract a diverse mix of local and international visitors, from thrill-seekers to scientists drawn by the chance to study the Earth’s age, examine rock layers, and observe the creatures within. (Supplied)
Highlighting their cultural and economic potential, Al-Rashidi called caves “a rare geological, tourism, and environmental treasure that must be preserved.”
He believes Saudi Vision 2030 — supported by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman — offers the Kingdom a real chance to develop cave tourism as a sustainable economic resource.
He said: “Caves can be an economic resource through tourism and scientific research, as well as by opening employment and educational opportunities, in addition to (being the basis of) national research for the benefit of the nation’s citizens.”
According to researcher Hassan Al-Rashidi caves are ‘a rare geological, tourism, and environmental treasure that must be preserved.’ (Supplied)
Caves attract a diverse mix of local and international visitors, from thrill-seekers to scientists drawn by the chance to study the Earth’s age, examine rock layers, and observe the creatures within.
Al-Rashidi said that developing the sector will require improved infrastructure and the imposition of strict safety measures, in addition to providing engaging visitor experiences while encouraging strong public awareness of preserving the natural sites.
The deadly heatwave fanning wildfires across the Mediterranean region has claimed at least three lives and forced thousands of people from their homes.
Firefighters continued to battle blazes on Tuesday and authorities braced for further damage as temperatures in some areas surged well past 40C. In Spain, a Romanian man in his 50s died after suffering 98% burns while trying to rescue horses from a burning stable near Madrid on Monday night.
A four-year-old boy who was found unconscious in his family’s car in Sardinia died in Rome on Monday after suffering irreversible brain damage caused by heatstroke. And in Montenegro, one soldier died and another was seriously injured when their water tanker overturned while fighting wildfires in the hills north of the capital, Podgorica, on Tuesday.
Scientist have warned that the heat currently affecting large parts of Europe is creating perfect conditions for wildfires and serving as another reminder of the climate emergency.
“Thanks to climate change, we now live in a significantly warmer world,” Akshay Deoras, a research scientist at the University of Reading’s meteorology department told Agence France-Presse, adding that “many still underestimate the danger”.
The fire in Tres Cantos, near Madrid – which had been fuelled by winds of 70km/h (45mph) and which has devoured 1,000 hectares of land – was still not under control on Tuesday evening, when further strong gusts were expected. The regional government said it had recovered 150 dead sheep and 18 dead horses from the area.
More than 3,700 people were evacuated from 16 municipalities amid dozens of reported blazes in the north-western region of Castilla y León, including one that damaged the Unesco world heritage-listed Roman-era mining site at Les Médulas.
Authorities in neighbouring Galicia said the largest wildfire of the year had burned through 3,000 hectares of land in Ourense province. In the southern town of Tarifa, firefighters on the ground and in planes battled a fire that broke out on Monday, with 2,000 people evacuated.
The blazes have led the interior ministry to declare a “pre-emergency phase” to help coordinate emergency resources.
Firefighters work to extinguish a forest fire in Lamas de Olo, in the Alvao natural park, Portugal. Photograph: Pedro Sarmento Costa/EPA
The prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, offered his condolences to the family of the man who died after the Tres Cantos fire, and thanked the emergency services for their “tireless efforts”.
He urged people to recognise the seriousness of the situation. “We’re at extreme risk of forest fires,” he said in a message on X on Tuesday. “Let’s be very careful.”
In neighbouring Portugal, firefighters were battling three large wildfires in the centre and north of the country.
Authorities in Greece requested EU help as fires, fuelled by gale force winds, ripped across vast swathes of the western Peloponnese and emergency services ordered the evacuation of thousands of residents.
Firefighters were also trying to contain blazes on the popular Ionian tourist islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia. With gusts hampering firefighting efforts, emergency services ordered all hotels in the region of Agala and Keri on Zakynthos to temporarily close, forcing suitcase-wielding holidaymakers to flee and relocate to other areas.
A house burning during a wildfire that erupted in a forest near the village of Agalas on Zakynthos. Photograph: Costas Synetos/EPA
By late Tuesday, dozens of firefighters, supported by 15 fire trucks and eight water-bombing planes and helicopters, were still trying to douse the fast-moving flames.
“Everything that civil protection can offer is here but there are very strong winds and the fires are out of control,” said the island’s mayor, Giorgos Stasinopoulos. “We need a lot more air support, it’s vital.”
The fire service said it was also dealing with blazes farther north in Epirus, around Preveza and in the central region of Aetolia-Acarnania.
Despite temperatures nudging 43C in some parts of the Peloponnese region of southern Greece on Tuesday – and the prolonged drought, which has produced highly flammable conditions on tinder-dry soil – officials described the outbreak of so many fires as “suspiciously high”.
Faced with an estimated 63 blazes erupting and firefighters confronting flames on 106 fronts, fire officers dispatched specialist teams to several of the stricken regions to investigate possible arson.
In Albania, hundreds of firefighters and troops had subdued most of the nearly 40 fires that flared up in the past 24 hours, the defence ministry said, but more than a dozen were still active.
Since the start of July, nearly 34,000 hectares have been scorched nationwide, according to the European Forest Fire Information System. Police say many of the blazes were deliberate, with more than 20 people arrested.
The aftermath of the blaze in Çanakkale, Turkey, on Tuesday. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
In Croatia, about 150 firefighters spent Monday night defending homes near the port city of Split.
In the north-western Turkish province of Çanakkale, more than 2,000 people were evacuated and 77 people treated in hospital for smoke inhalation after fires broke out near the tourist village of Güzelyalı, authorities said.
Images on Turkish media showed homes and cars ablaze, while more than 760 firefighters, 10 planes, nine helicopters and more than 200 vehicles were deployed to battle the flames. Turkey this year experienced its hottest July since records began 55 years ago.
In southern France, where temperature records were broken in at least four weather stations, the government called for vigilance.
The south-western city of Bordeaux hit a record 41.6C on Monday, while all-time records were broken at meteorological stations in Bergerac, Cognac and Saint Girons, according to the national weather service, Météo France.
Cambodian migrant workers face an uncertain future as Thai border conflict drives them home
KAMRIENG: Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian migrant workers have been heading home from Thailand as the two countries work to keep a ceasefire in armed clashes along their border.
Tensions between the countries have escalated due to disputes over pockets of land along their 800-kilometer (500-mile) border. A five-day clash in July left at least 43 people dead and displaced more than 260,000 in both Southeast Asian nations.
A fragile ceasefire brokered by Malaysia, with backing from the US and China, appears to be holding while officials try to resolve issues underlying the conflict. The retreat has left many of the workers streaming back to Cambodia wondering how to get by after they left jobs that enabled them to send money back to their families.
Kri Phart, a 56-year-old poultry worker, said he began packing after reading a post by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet on Facebook urging migrants to return to Cambodia.
“I have no idea if the fighting will really stop and with fewer and fewer Cambodians in Thailand, I got nervous,” said Kri Phart, seated on a stoop with two big bags of belongings and a big electric fan. “I didn’t want to be the last Cambodian migrant in Thailand.”
“I got scared because of the border conflict,” said Kri Phart, one of thousands of Cambodians streaming shoulder-to-shoulder through the Daung International Border Gate last week, hauling rainbow colored bags, appliances and even guitars in the 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) heat.
“Many of the Cambodians I knew working in Thailand ran away. Everyday more and more of us fled,” he said.
The reasons driving Cambodians to flee Thailand are varied. Human rights activists reported that some migrant workers had been attacked by gangs of young Thais. Others were alarmed by unsubstantiated rumors that the Cambodian government would seize their land and revoke their citizenships if they didn’t return home by mid-August.
Cambodia’s Ministry of Labor and Vocational Training estimates 1.2 million Cambodians were working in Thailand when the border disputes began to escalate in June. Estimates vary, but Sun Mesa, a ministry spokesman said at least 780,000 — about 65 percent — have returned to Cambodia.
He said the workers could find jobs with equal pay and benefits back home. Many of those who were driven by poverty or climate change to leave for work in Thailand expressed doubts.
“Now that I am back, there is going to be no income for a while and this will really put my family in a bad situation,” said Thouk Houy, 26, who left a job at a leather factory south of Bangkok that enabled her to send $70 to $100 a month back to her parents.
“I’m the last of my siblings who is still single, meaning it’s my responsibility to support my parents. I don’t know how I can do that now that I am back home,” she said.
Minor spats between Cambodian and Thai workers at the factory and her mother’s nightly pleas for her to go home were factors behind her decision to leave, she said. Handing over her belongings to be strapped into the back of a precariously packed van, Thouk Houy said the clincher was a claim by influential former Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, father of the current prime minister, Hun Manet, that Thailand was preparing to invade.
“Now that I’m home, what will I do to make a living?” she said.
Migrant workers fill vital roles in Thailand’s farming, construction and manufacturing industries. They also send home close to $3 billion in remittances each year, according to labor ministry data.
The loss of that income can be devastating for families relying on it to manage big debts, said Nathan Green, an assistant professor of geography at the National University of Singapore.
“These kinds of conflicts demonstrate how precarious migrant livelihoods are in Cambodia,” Green said.
An overseas advocacy group, the Khmer Movement for Democracy, has urged the government to defer loan payments and provide incentives for companies to hire returning migrants.
“Without economic safeguards, families of returning migrants will not be able to repay their debts and financial institutions will be at their throats,” said Mu Sochua, the group’s president. “We are talking about the poorest of the poor, who will be deprived of incomes.”
Meng Yeam, who was trying to wave down a taxi while keeping an eye on his belongings, said he managed to send his family back home 20,000 baht (roughly $600) while working as a manager at a rubber factory in eastern Thailand’s Chonburi Province.
More than 90 percent of the Cambodians working in the factory have left, the 32-year-old said.
Meng Yeam said he expected his family to be okay, though it won’t be able to save as much as it did while he was working in Thailand. And he was glum about the prospects for things to return to normal.
“Cambodia and Thailand need each other to do well, but for now, it seems like we just cannot get along,” Meng Yeam said. “I hope we can work in Thailand again one day, but who knows, maybe I will be retired by the time we stop fighting.”
A viral TikTok clip claiming to show whale trainer Jessica Radcliff being killed by an orca during a live performance has been confirmed to be a hoax.
The video, which quickly gained millions of views, was found to be AI-generated, with no credible evidence or official records supporting Radcliffe’s existence.
According to multiple reports, including the International Business Times, experts determined the footage used AI-generated voices and archival material to create the illusion of a real event.
The video alleged that the attack took place at Pacific Blue Marine Park and was provoked by menstrual blood, a detail experts say is often inserted into fabricated stories to heighten emotional reaction.
While the event never occurred, the fabricated clip appears to draw from real-life tragedies.
In 2009, Alexis Martínez, a 29-year-old orca trainer at Loro Parque in the Canary Islands, died from internal bleeding and injuries after an incident with a whale named Keto. In 2010, Dawn Brancheau, 36, was killed by Tilikum, an orca at SeaWorld Orlando, after being dragged underwater during a performance, an event later examined in the documentary Blackfish.
Experts note that blending fictional elements with details from actual incidents can make false stories seem more convincing, which likely helped the Radcliffe hoax spread rapidly online.
Authorities and fact-checkers are urging social media users to verify sources before sharing shocking claims.
Protests and memorials have erupted worldwide, and calls for accountability are growing after five Al Jazeera staff were assassinated in an Israeli strike on Gaza.
Late on Sunday, an Israeli attack hit a media tent outside the main gate of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, killing Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif, 28, along with colleagues Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, Ibrahim Zaher, 25, Mohammed Noufal, 29, and Moamen Aliwa, 23.
Two other Palestinians were also killed, bringing the total death toll from the strike to seven.
Gaza’s Government Media Office says at least 238 journalists have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza began in late 2023.
The latest killings have prompted outrage around the world. In Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Palestinians filled the streets, waving flags and carrying photographs of the slain reporters.
Hundreds rallied in Tunisia, demanding accountability for the attacks. Protests took place in Northern Ireland’s capital, Belfast and Republic of Ireland’s capital, Dublin, while vigils were held in Berlin, Germany and the Netherlands. Earlier demonstrations took place in Washington, DC, as well as London, Oslo and Stockholm.
From left to right: The media workers murdered by Israel: Anas al-Sharif, 28, Mohammed Qreiqeh, 33, and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher, 25; Moamen Aliwa, 23; and Mohammed Noufal, 29 [Al Jazeera]
In the US capital, Washington, DC, protesters gathered outside a building housing NBC, Fox News, ITN and The Guardian.
Demonstrators were “banging pots and pans, making as much noise as possible” to disrupt live broadcasts happening inside, said Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi, reporting from the scene.
“The demonstrators say their coverage of the genocide in Gaza has given Israel room to kill so many Palestinians and, notably, so many journalists,” he said.
“Their message is: You are no longer the gatekeepers. We know what’s happening in Gaza. We know about the genocide despite your best efforts,” he added.
Rattansi said candles were lit for each journalist killed in Gaza, with particular attention given to al-Sharif.
Colleagues hold a portrait of Anas al-Sharif during a moment of silence to honour the Al Jazeera reporters who were the latest journalists killed by Israel in Gaza [Karim Jaafar/AFP]
Hazami Barmada, one of the organisers of the Washington, DC protest, told Al Jazeera the media organisations had helped to create “public consent for the murder of these journalists … by making excuses for the Israeli government to target and kill them”.
She added: “After their death, [the media organisations] continue to justify the illegal death, shooting, bombing and murdering journalists, which is a crime against humanity and a war crime.”
Press freedom group PEN America said the killing of the five journalists in Gaza “raises grave concerns” and “could amount to a war crime”.
“This attack not only wiped out an entire team of journalists – at a time when there are fewer and fewer voices able to report from Gaza – but also took six more Palestinian lives in an onslaught that has already claimed thousands of lives,” said Liesl Gerntholtz, managing director of its PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center.
“The fact that [Anas] al-Sharif’s family, friends, and colleagues must now defend him from unsupported accusations rather than being able to mourn him and honour his legacy as a journalist adds to the disgraceful nature of this crime,” Gerntholtz added.
PEN America noted that al-Sharif was previously part of a Reuters team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2024.
Wael Dahdouh, centre, Al Jazeera’s bureau chief in Gaza, delivers a statement during a moment of silence to honour five of Al Jazeera staff members killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City, at the network’s headquarters in Doha on August 11, 2025 [Karim Jaafar/AFP]
Elsewhere, an Australian journalists’ union released a statement condemning the “targeted killing of the five Palestinian media workers and the killing of nearly 200 others”.
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA), the largest organisation representing journalists in Australia, said al-Sharif’s “reports brought to the world the reality of the horrors being inflicted by the Israeli Government on the civilians in Gaza”.
“The targeting of journalists is a blatant attack on press freedom, and it is also a war crime. It must stop,” MEAA said, also calling for Israel’s ban preventing international journalists from reporting from Gaza to be lifted.
Separately, the United Nations condemned the killings, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calling for an “independent and impartial investigation”, his spokesperson said.
The killings come as Israel’s Security Cabinet has approved Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to expand military operations and occupy Gaza City.
In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Reporters Without Borders says Israel’s lethal attacks on the media in Gaza have created the highest death toll for journalists ever recorded in a single year of war anywhere. NPR’s Aya Batrawy reports on the latest attack that killed Gaza’s most prominent television journalist Sunday night. And a warning – in this piece, which lasts about three minutes, you’ll hear descriptions of that attack.
(CROSSTALK)
AYA BATRAWY, BYLINE: Journalists cry out in disbelief. “Anas al-Sharif has just been martyred,” they say. The video shows the moments after a press tent was struck. Inside is 28-year-old al-Sharif’s lifeless, bloodied body, killed while wearing a blue press vest journalists don in war zones. Al-Sharif always wore it. He was a target, one of six Al Jazeera journalists named in a list 10 months ago by Israel, which accused them of having ties with militant groups. He saw his friends on that list assassinated or severely wounded. But al-Sharif, a father of two young children, one of whom was born in the war, never wavered and never left the north.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
ANAS AL-SHARIF: (Speaking Arabic).
BATRAWY: His boyish face and neatly combed hair belied the raw force of his live broadcasts in besieged areas of northern Gaza bombed by Israeli fighter jets.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
AL-SHARIF: (Shouting in Arabic).
(SCREAMING)
AL-SHARIF: (Speaking Arabic).
BATRAWY: That reporting gained him huge admiration in Gaza and a combined social media following of 2 million people globally. In all, six journalists were killed in Sunday night’s attack, five of them with Al Jazeera, the network says. It happened just as Israel’s government plans to take over all of Gaza City, raising questions as to why the military killed al-Sharif now. Al Jazeera says the attack is an attempt to, quote, “silence the voices exposing the” military’s “impending seizure and occupation of Gaza.”
Israel’s military confirmed the airstrike, saying al-Sharif was a Hamas cell commander operating under the false cover of a journalist. The military published digitally altered graphics of documents it says show al-Sharif was a, quote, “terrorist” within the ranks of Hamas. The Committee to Protect Journalists says the allegations are unsubstantiated. Here’s the group’s chief executive, Jodie Ginsberg, speaking to NPR after Israel first made allegations against him and other Al Jazeera journalists last October.
JODIE GINSBERG: This is part of a pattern that we’ve seen from Israel in which Israel alleges that journalists are terrorists and then fails to produce any real, credible evidence that they are such.
BATRAWY: The group confirms nearly 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza in Israeli attacks in this war.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
AL-SHARIF: (Speaking Arabic).
BATRAWY: In his last broadcast, al-Sharif showed images of Gaza’s famished children suffering from Israeli restrictions on aid. Al-Sharif experienced the loss of his father early in the war in an airstrike on the family’s home, and he came to anticipate death. In a prewritten statement published after his killing, he says that through pain and suffering, he never once hesitated to convey the truth.
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