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Four journalists were among at least 15 people killed by Israeli strikes on al-Nasser hospital in southern Gaza, Palestinian health officials said.
The strikes on Monday killed Hussam al-Masri, who worked for Reuters, Mariam Abu Dagga, who worked for the Associated Press, the Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Salam, and Moaz Abu Taha from NBC. Another Reuters journalist, Hatem Khaled, was also wounded in the attack.
A video from the news agency al-Ghad TV showed civil defence workers wearing bright orange vests and journalists struck while they attempted to rescue the body of al-Masri, who was killed in an earlier strike. In the moments before their deaths, they raised their hands to shield themselves, but were quickly struck.
At least 192 Palestinian journalists have been killed since 7 October 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), more than the number who died globally in the previous three years. The CPJ said in August that Israel’s killing of journalists in Gaza was “a deliberate and systematic attempt to cover up Israel’s actions”.
There was no initial comment from the Israeli prime minister’s office nor from the Israeli military.
Dagga, 33, freelanced for the AP since the Gaza war began, as well as other news outlets. She reported on Nasser hospital doctors struggling to save children with no prior health issues who were wasting away from starvation.
Al Jazeera confirmed that its Salam was among those killed in the Nasser hospital strike. Reuters reported that al-Masri, a contractor cameraman, was also killed. Khaled, a photographer who was also a Reuters contractor, was wounded, the news agency reported.
