Israeli strikes at Gaza hospital kill 5 journalists, 20 dead in total: reports

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that an investigation was underway after the information said that Israel had hit a hospital in the south of Gaza, killing at least 20 people on information on Monday.

Netanyahu said that Israel regretted the deadly incident and reiterated that Israel does not intentionally target civilians in his war with Hamas. According to reports, the dead were five journalists who worked for points of sale such as Reuters, the Associated Press and Al Jazeera.

“Israel deeply regrets the tragic misadventure that has occurred today at Nasser Hospital in Gaza,” Netanyahu’s office said in a statement.

“Israel promotes the work of journalists, medical staff and all civilians. The military authorities are carrying out an in -depth investigation. Our war is with the terrorists of Hamas. Our objectives defeated Hamas and bring our hostages home.”

The composite image shows structural damage to Nasser Hospital alongside the Palestinians carrying the body of a journalist after the strikes; The authorities said that at least 20 people, including five journalists, had been killed. (Reuters / Hatem Khaled)

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Reports, citing medical officials, said two shells hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in rapid succession. The Israeli media reported that Israeli troops had drawn artillery tours at the hospital to target a Hamas surveillance camera on the roof.

The cameraman Hussam Al-Masri, a Reuters entrepreneur, was killed near a live broadcast position on a upper floor just below the roof in the first strike, Palestinian health officials said.

Israel then hit the site again, killing additional journalists as well as rescuers and doctors who rushed to help, hospital and witnesses told Reuters.

FDI Brig spokesperson. General Effie Defrin echoes the comments of Netanyahu, stressing that the military is doing their best to mitigate civil damage while guaranteeing the security of the troops.

“We operate in an extremely complex reality. Hamas terrorists deliberately use civil infrastructure, including hospitals, like Shields,” said Defrin in a video published on social networks. “They even operated on the Nasser Hospital itself. Hamas began this war, created impossible combat conditions and prevents its end by still holding 50 of our hostages.”

A man examines the broadcasting equipment damaged by Israeli strikes at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza on Monday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel regrets the Nasser hospital incident and will investigate strikes (Reuters / Hatem Khaled)

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Defrin said that Israel would respect international obligations and “investigate the deadly incident in depth and professional”.

“The reports of an active war zone has an immense risk, especially in a war with a terrorist organization like Hamas, which hides cynically behind the civilian population,” he added.

The other journalists killed were identified as Mariam Abu Dagga, who independently for the Associated Press and other points of sale; Mohammed Salama, who worked for Al Jazeera; Moaz Abu Taha, a freelancer who has contributed to several press organizations, including Reuters; And Ahmed Abu Aziz.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel regrets the Nasser hospital incident and will investigate strikes. (Getty Images / Jim Watson)

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Photographer Hatem Khaled, also a reuters entrepreneur, was injured.

Yael Kuriel, Reuters and the Fox News Associated Press contributed to this report.