An Israeli double-tap strike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza killed five Palestinian journalists when an initial strike hit a hospital building and a second bomb struck the same location 15 minutes later. Reuters journalist Hussam al-Masri was among those killed. More than 247 Palestinian colleagues have been killed during the Gaza war, according to UN statistics, making this the deadliest conflict for journalists on record. Live broadcast footage showed unarmed medics and journalists raising their hands before they were struck, provoking outrage and calls to protect Palestinian journalists. Moaz Abu Taha, 27, was a freelance video journalist who filmed with his phone and focused on humanitarian reporting and urgent appeals for sick children and the wounded.
Five Palestinian journalists were killed in an Israeli double-tap strike on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza on Monday. Israel first struck a building at the hospital, killing Reuters journalist Hussam al-Masri and others. Journalists and rescue workers then ran to the scene to help their colleagues, when a second bomb hit the same spot, 15 minutes later. The five journalists join their now more than 247 Palestinian colleagues who were killed during the war in Gaza over the last 22 months, according to UN statistics.
This is the deadliest conflict for journalists ever recorded, killing more journalists than both world wars, the Vietnam war, the Yugoslavia wars and the US war in Afghanistan combined. The strike on Nasser hospital was captured by a live broadcast and showed unarmed medics and journalists holding up their hands to shield themselves just moments before they were killed. The images of their deaths have provoked outrage across the globe and calls to protect Palestinian journalists while they are doing their jobs.
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