Israel’s strikes on the Gaza hospital have killed five journalists. A total of twenty people were killed on Monday in an Israeli “double tap” airstrike on Nasser Hospital, the largest medical facility in the southern Gaza Strip.
This so-called “double tap” attack occurred in two steps, with the second wave of strikes hitting first responders and reporters at the scene. The second strike was also captured by an extremely graphic livestream by Jordan-based Alghad TV. The munition directly hit people gathered on an external stairwell of the hospital, frequently used by media to film views across the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza.
The journalists killed in the strike have been identified as Hussam al-Masri, of Reuters, Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Salama, Mariam Dagga, from The Associated Press, Ahmad Abu Aziz, of the Middle East Eye, and Moas Abu Taha. The latter was initially reported to have worked with NBC, but the US-based broadcaster denied the affiliation. -RT
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Two weeks ago, six journalists, including four reporters with Al Jazeera, were killed in an Israeli attack in the vicinity of al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. At the time, the IDF claimed it had targeted Anas al-Sharif, a prominent Al Jazeera reporter, claiming he had been operating “as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas.”
The latest attack on the hospital has been strongly condemned by human rights groups and international media organizations. The Foreign Press Association called on “Israel once and for all to halt its abhorrent practice of targeting journalists.”
“This is among the deadliest Israeli attacks on journalists working for international media since the Gaza war began,” the London-based organization said in a statement.
This war is still consistently expanding as Israel attempts to complete its mission to seize Gaza.
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