There has been no official statement from Israel. Meanwhile, Gaza reports said, Mohammed Mansour, who worked for Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Falstin Al-Yom channel was killed in a separate airstrike.

Shabat was one of six Al Jazeera reporters who were identified as members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in October. Their names were found in captured personnel tables, lists of terrorist training courses, phone books and salary documents that Israeli troops found in Gaza.

The files identified Shabat as a sniper in Hamas’s Beit Hanoun Battalion.