Israeli forces attacked Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis with two strikes, a double-tap, killing at least 21 people. Five journalists died in the hospital strike, one of whom worked for Al Jazeera, and a sixth journalist was killed later in a separate Khan Younis incident. A camera captured the second strike hitting journalists and rescuers on a staircase. More than 270 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza since October 2023. The journalists belonged to a close-knit but shrinking Gaza media community that had endured nearly two years of war, affecting both work and personal lives. Ahmed Abu Aziz, 29, was among those killed.
Israel has been widely condemned for an attack its forces conducted on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza's Khan Younis that killed at least 21 people, including five journalists, one of whom worked for Al Jazeera. The attack on Monday consisted of two strikes or a double tap' the second of which was captured on camera, showing journalists and rescuers on a staircase being directly hit.
Israel has now killed more than 270 journalists and media workers in Gaza since its war started in October 2023. The journalists killed in the Nasser Hospital attack were not even all of those killed by Israel on Monday a sixth journalist, Hassan Douhan, who worked as a correspondent for Al-Hayat al-Jadida newspaper, was killed in a separate incident in Khan Younis later on Monday.
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