Hamas denies that any of the 21 people killed at Nasser Hospital were members of Hamas and disputes Israeli claims that six fighters were killed in the attack. Hamas says at least two of the six Palestinians named by the Israeli military died elsewhere, including one killed in al-Mawasi near Khan Younis. The Israeli military says its investigation found a camera used to monitor Israeli troop movements and acted to destroy it. A live news agency feed shut down during the initial strike, and cameraman Hussam al-Masri was killed. Minutes later a second strike hit responders, killing rescue workers and four journalists, and the attack was described as a double-tap strike.
Hamas has said that none of the 21 people killed in an Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital was a member of the Palestinian movement, after the Israeli military claimed it had targeted a Hamas surveillance camera and killed six fighters in its attack on the medical facility. In a statement reported by the Reuters news agency on Wednesday, Hamas challenged the Israeli government's account that claimed to name six fighters killed in the attack, which has drawn global condemnation for targeting journalists, medics, rescue workers and civilians.
Earlier, the Israeli military claimed that its initial investigation into its own attack on the southern Gaza hospital showed that the target was a camera positioned in the area and used by Hamas to monitor Israeli troop movements. In light of this, the force acted to destroy the camera, the Israeli army said. At the moment of the initial Israeli strike on Monday, a Reuters news agency live video feed, which cameraman Hussam al-Masri had been operating, suddenly shut down.
Al-Masri was killed in the attack. Minutes later, a second strike was filmed live as it killed rescue workers and four more journalists who had run to the scene to help the victims of the initial Israeli strike. The other four journalists killed in the attack were Ahmed Abu Aziz, Mariam Abu Daqqa, Mohammad Salama and Moaz Abu Taha.
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