Israel Kills 4 Journalists as It Bombs Gaza Hospital

Israeli warplanes killed four journalists, Monday morning as they targeted the Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli bombing killed Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammed Salama, photo-journalist Hossam al-Masry, journalist Mariam Abu Daqqa, and journalist Moaz Abu Taha.

The targeting also killed 11 other Palestinians and wounded dozens of others according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

The bombing directly targeted the fourth floor of the Nasser Hospital, with a second attack on the Yassin building inside the Nasser complex through an Israeli a suicide drone.

The Gaza Civil Defense added one of its personnel was killed and seven others wounded while attempting to rescue the injured and retrieve the bodies of the victims in the bombing of the hospital.

The deadly attack comes amid ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since 7 October, amid UN warnings of the complete collapse of the health system.

According to Government Media Office statistics Israel killed 244 Palestinian journalists in Gaza, the latest of whom were the four journalists killed, Monday, in the bombing of Nasser Medical Complex.

The government media office called on “the international community, international organizations, and organizations involved in journalism and media in all countries of the world to condemn the crimes of the occupation, deter it, prosecute it in international courts for its ongoing crimes, and bring the occupation’s criminals to justice.”

It also called for serious and effective pressure to stop the crime of genocide, protect journalists and media professionals in the Gaza Strip, and halt their killing and assassination, according to a statement from the Government Media Office.

With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, including killing, starvation, destruction, and forced displacement, ignoring all international appeals and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it.

The Israeli genocide left more than 62,000 Palestinians dead, approximately 158,000 wounded—mostly children and women—more than 9,000 missing, and hundreds of thousands displaced.