Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills over a dozen people, including multiple journalists
The article reports on an Israeli airstrike that hit Nasser Hospital in Khan younis,Gaza Strip,killing more than a dozen people,including at least four journalists working for international media. Two missiles struck the hospital, with video capturing the second impact targeting emergency responders. The Palestinian Mission to the united Nations condemned the attack, calling it an atrocity and demanding international protection for Palestinians. The Hamas-affiliated Gaza Health Ministry reported 19 fatalities.The four confirmed journalist deaths include freelance Mariam Dagga (AP), cameraman Hussam al Masri (Reuters), and reporters Mohammed Salama and Ahmad Abu Aziz (both with Middle East Eye). The United Nations criticized the strike,emphasizing that journalists and hospitals should not be targeted. Israel’s Defense Forces acknowledged the strike near the hospital and initiated an inquiry, asserting they do not target journalists and aim to minimize harm to civilians, citing Hamas’s use of civilian areas for military purposes. This incident follows a prior attack earlier in August that killed five Al Jazeera reporters. Israeli officials have accused one of the journalists killed in that earlier strike of having Hamas ties.
Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills over a dozen people, including multiple journalists
An Israeli airstrike on a hospital in the Gaza Strip has killed more than a dozen individuals, including at least four journalists with international media.
Two missiles hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Monday, with video of the second impact, which struck emergency personnel responding to the first missile, caught on a livestream.
“Today, Israel bombed Nasser Hospital and killed journalists, paramedics, and civil defense workers, on live feed,” the Palestinian Mission to the United Nations said on Monday morning.
“Israel can not conceal its crimes anymore, so it targets those who expose them. Terrorism. Barbarism. War crimes upon war crimes, within an ongoing genocide,” the Palestinian Mission continued. “The 21st century atrocity. The international community must deploy a protective force to protect the Palestinian people.”
Zaher al Waheidi, head of the Hamas-affiliated Gaza Health Ministry, claimed on Monday that 19 people were killed in the attack.
Four journalists have been confirmed to have died in the strike: Mariam Dagga, a freelance journalist affiliated with the Associated Press; Hussam al Masri, a cameraman with Reuters; Mohammed Salama, a reporter attached to Al Jazeera and Middle East Eye; and Ahmad Abu Aziz, another journalist affiliated with Middle East Eye.
The incident has incensed international critics of Israel’s continued military operations as it seeks to eradicate Hamas.
“The killing of journalists in Gaza should shock the world — not into stunned silence but into action, demanding accountability and justice,” said U.N. rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani. “Journalists are not a target. Hospitals are not a target.”
Israel has long defended its strikes on Hamas-run hospitals as necessary due to the terrorist group’s practice of intentionally interweaving civilian centers and military infrastructure.
The Israel Defense Forces acknowledged carrying out a strike in the area of Nasser Hospital, and the chief of the general staff instructed authorities to “conduct an initial inquiry as soon as possible.”
“The IDF regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals and does not target journalists as such,” the IDF said, according to a statement from the Israeli Foreign Ministry. “The IDF acts to mitigate harm to uninvolved individuals as much as possible while maintaining the safety of IDF troops.”
It was the second instance of violence against a group of journalists this month after five Al Jazeera reporters were killed when Israel struck a journalist tent outside Shifa Hospital on Aug. 10.
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The IDF acknowledged the Aug. 10 strikes, but accused Anas al Sharif, a correspondent killed in the attack, of being the “head of a terrorist cell” and “advancing rocket attacks against Israeli civilians.”
Israeli officials claimed al Sharif was a salaried member of Hamas and previously served with the terrorist group’s military wing as recently as 2019, pointing to internal documents which had previously been made public.
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