Five journalists under 19 deaths in the attack of Israel

Gaza war

Clinic: Five journalists under 19 deaths in the attack of Israel

Around 200 journalists have been killed in the Gaza war within almost two years. Now there is a particularly serious incident in a hospital.

According to the hospital, 19 people were killed in an Israeli attack in the south of the Gaza Strip, including five journalists. According to the Nasser Hospital, they were fatally hit during an air raid when they were on the fourth floor of the clinic in the southern city of Chan Junis. The Ministry of Health controlled by Hamas spoke of 20 dead.

According to the Associated Press news agency, a freelance employee of AP, Mariam Dagga (33), was also among those killed. She said a twelve -year -old son who had previously been evacuated from the Gaza Strip during the war. “We do everything that is in our power to protect our journalists in the Gaza Strip, while they continue to provide decisive eyewitness reports under difficult and dangerous conditions,” said AP.

The Reuters news agency reported that its freelancer Hussam al-Masri was killed in the attack. Another photographer of the agency – also a freelancer – was injured.

The Arab television station Al-Jasira reported that a cameraman from the station was fatally hit. The fourth killed journalist worked as a freelancer for various media. According to Reuters, his work was occasionally published by the news agency. He also recently photographed for the Israeli newspaper “Haaretz”, the sheet said at X. According to Gaza, the fifth was a freelancer of several Arab media.

According to reports from the Palestinian news agency Wafa, paramedics also died in the attack on the clinic.

The Israeli army announced that there had been an attack in the area of ​​the Nasser Hospital. General chief of staff Ejal Zamir ordered a quick preliminary examination of the incident. The army regretted it if uninvolved people were harmed. The troops were not intentionally aimed at journalists, it said.

Military spokesman Effie Defrin insured insured transparency in the clarification. General chief of staff Zamir ordered an immediate investigation to clarify the circumstances, Defrin said in a press release. “As always, we will present our results as transparently as possible.”

Defrin emphasized that the army does not intentionally attack civilians. However, the troops acted in an “extremely complex reality”. According to his words, terrorists of the Islamist Hamas deliberately use civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, as protective shields. In the past, they had even operated on from the Nasser Hospital.

Meanwhile, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his regret about the incident. “Israel deeply regrets the tragic misfortune that has occurred in the Nasser Hospital in Gaza today,” it said in the evening in a message spread by the office of Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Israel appreciates the work of journalists, medical staff and all civilians, continued in the message. After the incident, the military carries out a “thorough examination”. At the same time, Netanyahu emphasized that the war of Israel is directed against the Hamas. “Our fair goals are the conquest of Hamas and the return of our hostages.”