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Netanyahu says that Gaza Hospital attacks a ‘tragic accident’ as five journalists under 20 dead
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Netanyahu says that Gaza Hospital attacks a ‘tragic accident’ as five journalists under 20 dead

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The civilian defense agency of Gaza said that five journalists were killed to at least 20 people on Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regretted the “tragic accident”.
Reuters News Agency, The Associated Press and Al Jazeera have all issued statements that mourn for their killed contributors, while the Israeli army said it would investigate the incident.

Spokesperson for the civil defense Mahmud Bassal said: “The toll so far is 20 Martyrs, including five journalists and one member of the civil defense”, after strikes had struck the Nasser Hospital of Khan Yunis – a large medical complex that has been directed several times since the start of the war.

According to the international federation of journalists, at least 195 journalists and media employees have been killed in the Hamas-Gaza conflict since October 2023. Source: SBS News

In a statement, the Israeli army said that his troops “had carried out a strike in the area of ​​the Nasser Hospital”.

“The leader of the General Staff has the task of conducting a first investigation as quickly as possible,” said it, and added “not regrets damage to non -relatively persons and does not focus on journalists as such”.
Bassal said that an Israeli explosive drone hit a building in the hospital, followed by an air raid when the wounded were evacuated.
Netanyahu said in a statement on Monday evening that his country “deeply regretted the tragic accident that occurred today in the Nasser Hospital”.

“Israel appreciates the work of journalists, medical staff and all citizens,” he added.

Who were the journalists killed at the Nasser Hospital Attack?

The Palestinian journalists Syndicate said that a group of reporters “had been tortured in the line of journalistic duty, as a result of the Israeli bombing that had focused on them in the Nasser Hospital”.
Reuters reported that video journalist Hussam Al-Masri-a contractor who worked in front of the agency exploited live feed in the hospital, “who suddenly stopped at the time of the first strike”.
A Reuters spokesperson said in a statement that the office was “destroyed” to learn from the death of Masri “and injuries to another of our contractors, Hatem Khaled” in the strikes.

“We are urgently looking for more information and have asked the authorities in Gaza and Israel to help us get urgent medical help for Hatem,” said the statement.

A spokesperson for the Qatar-based TV network Al Jazeera said that one of his photojournalists and cameramans, Mohammad Salama, was also killed in the attack.
“Al Jazeera Media Network condemns this horrible crime committed by Israeli occupation forces in the strongest possible terms, who are directly focused on and kill journalists as part of a systematic campaign to silence the truth,” the broadcaster said in a statement.

The Associated Press said in a statement that it was “shocked and sad” to hear from the death of Mariam Dagga, 33, which has been freelanced in front of the desk since the start of the war.

The Palestinian journalists called Syndicate two other victims such as Moaz Abu Taha and Ahmad Abu Aziz.

Later on Monday, a sixth journalist, Hassan Douhan, was killed by Israeli fire in the Al-Mawasi area of ​​Khan Yunis, according to Palestinian journalists Syndicate and Nasser Hospital.

Double Strike: how the attack unfolded

Nasser Hospital’s medical staff said that the first strike hit local time around 10 am.
Agence France-Presse images of the immediate aftermath of the attack showed smoke that filled the air and debris of the explosion on the floor outside the hospital.
About 10 minutes later there was another explosion in the same place, according to a British medical professional who worked in the hospital.

The World Health Organization said that the Emergency Department, Intramural Department and Surgical Unit of the Hospital was hit.

A live stream of Al Ghad TV shows, a strike that directly hits care providers who respond to the first strike and journalists who film what happens. At least one body is visible in the aftermath.
Nasser Hospital is one of the last remaining health facilities in the Gaza Strip that at least partially functions.
Later in the day a crowd wore the bodies of some of the killed journalists at a funeral in Khan Younis, with the dead wrapped in white funeral and their press lips at the top.

“We will not stop walking this path, and the cover will continue, God wants,” said Masri’s brother Mahmoud.

‘Destroyed and in shock’

On Tuesday morning Minister of Environment Murray Watt described the strikes of the hospital as a violation of international law and a indignation.
“It is very clear that the aiming or touching of hospitals, health workers and citizens is an infringement of international law,” he told the ABC.
“We join the rest of the international community in condemning this action.
“This is not the first time that we (Benjamin) have seen Netanyahu apologize or accept when he mentions innocent mistakes or accidents. Every time something like that happens, it costs people. It is not acceptable,” he said.
The constant war in Gaza has been one of the deadliest for journalists, killed with around 200 media employees in the course of the nearly two-year-old Israeli attack, according to the media interest organizations, the committee to protect journalists (CPJ) and reporters without limits.
The Foreign Press Association said it was “furious and in shock” when killing journalists in the strike of the Nasser Hospital.
“We demand an immediate explanation from the Israeli defense forces and the office of the Israeli Prime Minister. We call for Israel once and for all to stop his disgusting practice of focusing on journalists.”
Israel has bombed Gaza since Hamas’ attack on October 7, in which more than 1,200 people, including an estimated 30 children, were killed and more than 200 hostages were taken, according to the Israeli government.
According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, more than 62,744 people have been killed in Gaza since 7 October.
The attack of 7 October was an important escalation in the long -term conflict between Israel and Hamas.

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