THE NEW YORK TIMES: Five journalists, along with medical workers, were among the dead at Nasser Hospital. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military would investigate.
Shortly after 10 a.m. on Monday, when an Israeli military strike hit the facade of a hospital building in southern Gaza, emergency responders who were already nearby rushed to the scene. So did journalists.
But just minutes later, according to witnesses, hospital officials and video footage that captured the immediate aftermath of that first blast, a second strike hit the same part of the hospital, enveloping it in a thick cloud of smoke and dust.
Once the air cleared, the full extent of the horror at Nasser Hospital was revealed.
Four Palestinian journalists had been killed on the spot, and a fifth would later die of his wounds. At least 15 more people were killed, including members of the medical staff, rescue workers and patients, according to the Gazan health ministry. Dozens more were injured, it said.
The Israeli military provided no immediate explanation for the attack, one of the deadliest for members of the news media, who have already died in unusually high numbers covering the war. The five journalists had worked for news outlets that included Reuters, The Associated Press and Al Jazeera, according to their employers.
News outlets that employed the journalists identified them as Hussam al-Masri, a cameraman; Mohammad Salama, also a cameraman; Mariam Dagga, a visual-media journalist; Moaz Abu Taha, a freelance journalist; and Ahmed Abu Aziz, a freelance journalist. » | Isabel Kershner, Aaron Boxerman and Ameera Harouda | Isabel Kershner and Aaron Boxerman reported from Jerusalem, and Ameera Harouda from Doha, Qatar. | Monday, August 25, 2025
