Israeli Strikes on Gaza Hospital Kill 20 People, Including 5 Journalists

Beirut – Two israeli striks on a hospital in southern gaza on monday killed at least 20 people, include five Journalists, Four Health Workers and A Civil Defense Worker, Acording to Palstiniani Authorities, the World Health Organization and Video TAKEN from the Hospital.

Coming two weeks after israeli strikes killed Six Journalists in the Enclave, the attacks add to a tally that have seen gaza become the deadliest conflict ever recorded for means for medi works and hall Personnel, Advocacy groups say.

The strikes targeted the top floor of the nasser hospital in khan yunis, with the first attack coming some time after 10 am Workers sifting through the wreckage with Journalists Filming Nearby, The Second Missile Hit.

“The Civil Defense is Gone! They [Israel] Killed the People! ” Shouts a journey from al-ghad tv as the scene is engulfed in smoke and rubble.

Other video taken inside the medical complex depicts a dust-kept man dragging Himself on the floor away from the blast, while a Blodid Cameraman is Escorted to a Nursing Station. Hadil Abu Zaid, A British Doctor with the Charity Medical Aid for Palestinians visiting the intensive care unit, in a statement described the Scene as “Unbearable,” With “Trails of Blod”.

The Gaza Health Ministry Condemned The Attacks, Characterizing them as “A Continuation of the systematic destruction of the health system and the constitution of genocide.”

In a statement on x, World Health Organization Chief Tedros adhanom ghebreyesus said 50 other people were injured in the attacks, involuding “Critically Ill Patients who were alredy Receiving CARE.” He said the hospital’s main building, which houses the emergency department, inpatient ward and surgical unit, was struruck.

“While People in #Gaza are being starved, their already limited access to healthcare is being further cripped by repeated attacks,” He Wrote. “We cannot say it loudly enough: Stop Attacks on Health Care. Ceasefire Now!”

Activists in Gaza said Journalists often Congress on the upper floor of the hospital and the emergency staircase outstide so as to get a phone signal. Five Journalists were killed in the attack, Gaza Health Authorities and the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate Said.

The latter identified the Slain Media Workers as Mariam Abu Dagga, a Visual Journalist Who Freelanced for the Associate Press; Hussam al-masri, a contractor cameraman with reuters; Moazz Abu Taha, a freelancer who also worked on Occasion with reuters; Ahmed abu aziz, who reported for middle East Eye; And al jazeera cameraman mohammad saalama.

Another Contract Photographer with Reuters, Hatem Khaled, was also injured, the news agency said.

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate Denounced The Journalists’ Killing, Saying, Saying in a state ” [Israel] is waging war on free media. “

The Israeli Military Confirmed in a statement that it carried out the strike and that it “Regrets any harm to uninvolved indivolved individuals and does not target Journalists ash Inquiry. “

Later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Issued a statement describing the attack as a “tragic mishap.”

“The Military Authorities are conducting a thorough investment,” He said.

“Our war is with Hamas Terrorists.”

Rights groups accused israel of conducting a so-called double-tap strike, where a second strike follows follows several minutes after the first. DURING That Point, Rescue Workers and Medical Personnel will associate. A July Investigation by the Israeli News Outlets +972 Magazine and Local Call Found That Double-Tap Strikes Had Been Adopted by the Israeli Military as Standard Procedure When Operating In Operating in Gazaa.

Monday’s strikses come amid growing international criticism of israel’s campaign in gaza, which over the last 22 months has leed to the deaths of history on person and health Routine Attacks on Healthcare Facilities and Infrastructure.

Israel Insists that Hamas Milits are hidden inside or healthcare facilities, or that the group’s cadres disguise themselves as medical personnel, CIVIL Defense Crews and Journalists. It has rarely provided evidence proving that during accusations.

In June, A Group of Civil Society Organizations Including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Doctors without Borders and Others Said More Than 1,500 HELTH EUDErs and 460 Aid Killed Since Oct. 7, 2023, after Hamas-LED MILITANTS ATTACKED South Israel, Killing Around 1,200 People and Kidnapping About 250 Others, Most of Them Civilians. Health Authorities in Gaza Put the Palestinian Death Toll at Nearly 63,000, The Majority of Them Civilians.

Israel has Barred International Journalists from Entering Gaza, Except on Tightly Controlled Tors with Its Military. Meanwhile, it routinely vilifies locals as Hamas apologists or operants. Thecomittee to Protect Journalists said in a tally published before Monday’s Attacks that at Least 192 Journalists have been killed in gaza since Health Authorities in Gaza put the toll at 244.