Reporters among at least 20 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital
25 August (UPI) – Two Israeli Air attacks on Monday at the Nasser Hospital in Southern Gaza killed at least 20 people, including journalists from various organizations.
Authorities from the Ministry of Health operated by Hamas, emergency medical personnel and First answers It was among the deaths, many more people were injured.
According to the hospital in Khan Younis, emergency intervention workers and ambulance teams, when they were caught in the second strike, the first strike was running to help those who were shot “double touch” was killed and injured.
Journalists were killed when a popular hospital balcony was shot between the press due to the view of the city. Al Jazeera Cameraman Mohammad Salam, Reuters contractor Hussam Al-Masri, Associated Press Stringer Mariam Abu Dagga and Freelancer Moath Abu Taha.
A worker was killed in Gaza civil defense.
Reuters, which one “urgently seek information“Regarding Al-Masri, while the news was shattered, the AP said that he was” shocked and upset with the loss of Dagga.
The Israeli Defense Forces agreed that it had an attack near the hospital.
IDF said that the President of the Army ordered the opening of the first investigation as soon as possible and stressed that he did not target journalists in this way.
The Gaza War said that the Conservation of Journalists in New York is one of the most dangerous conflicts for journalists with about 200 people since October 7, 2023.
CPJ said that more journalists and other members have been killed in the last two years than those who were globally killed between 2020 and 2023.
Journalists, camera teams and other personnel working in Gaza prevent Israel from entering Gaza, mainly local personnel, contractors or freelancers covering activities for regional and international news organizations.
The BBC said that when a explosion was caught on a second strike camera, a doctor showing bloody clothes to journalists saw images.
He said there was an Israeli army on 10 August He realized the targeted killing Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif, on the grounds that he had previously served as the head of Hamas “terror” cell.
IDF spokesman Avichay Adrae claimed that Al-Sharif was a member of Hamas’s military wing since 2013.
Al-Sharif died with four colleagues in a strike in a tent near the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza.
The United Nations High Human Rights Commissioner Office said that the attack is a serious violation of international law, while the CPJ is a pattern that labels the journalists of the Israeli state as any evidence “.
