Four journalists are among the more than a dozen individuals killed in a deadly Israeli airstrike on a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip. Health officials said the airstrike hit the fourth floor of Gaza’s Nasser Hospital on Monday.
Reports claimed a missile struck the hospital, followed by another missile in the same spot just moments later. The hospital, which the Associated Press reported as the largest in southern Gaza, has faced raids and bombardments throughout the past 22 months of war. Officials have also mentioned critical shortages of supplies and staff.
Four journalists killed
The head of the Health Ministries records department, Zaher al-Waheidi, confirmed the death toll at at least 15, including one civil defense member and four journalists.
Reuters confirmed one of those killed was Camerman al-Masri, a Reuters contractor. Al Jazeera confirmed that its journalist Mohammed Salem, was also killed. The Associated Press said one of its freelance journalists, 33-year-old Mariuam Dagga, died in the strike as well.
According to the Associated Press, Dagga’s has been reporting on the hospital’s doctors struggling to save children from starvation. Officials evacuated her 12-year-old son earlier in the war.
The BBC reported that the fourth journalist killed was Muath Abu Taha, an NBC employee.
Overnight airstrikes
The hospital was not the only site to experience airstrikes Monday. Hospital officials in northern Gaza reported deaths from strikes and gunfire along routes to aid sites, according to AP.
The news outlet reported that three Palestinians, including a child, were killed in a strike on a Gaza City neighborhood. A hospital in the area also reported that six aid-seekers were killed by Israeli gunfire while trying to reach a distribution site.
Media workers previously killed
The news comes just two weeks after Israeli forces killed several journalists near Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
According to the Associated Press, the Israel-Hamas war has been one of the deadliest conflicts for media workers. It reported that at least 192 journalists have been killed in the past 22 months.
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