20 people died during the Israeli strikes that attacked a hospital in southern Gaza Strip on Monday, August 25, the civil defense of the Palestinian territory said.
Among the victims, five journalists who collaborated with Al Jazeera, Reuters or Associated Press were killed. The Qatar chain and press agencies deplored, each, the death of a collaborator, while the foreign press association demanded “explanations” of Israel.
“We demand immediate explanations for [l’armée israélienne] And from the Prime Minister’s office, “the text called” that he abandons at once and despite all his abject practice that constitutes taking journalists for Target “and emphasizing that” too many journalists were killed in Gaza without the slightest justification. “
• Two successive attacks
According to Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for the First Aid Organization, the Nasser Hospital of Khan Younès was hit twice by the Israeli army, first by an explosive drone, then by an air bombardment while the injured were evacuated.
The Israeli army, meanwhile, acknowledged that it has led “a strike in the hospital area”, saying that it regretted “any damage caused to people who are not involved.” Stating that he did not want to point to “journalists as such”, the army announces to open a “investigation.” According to witnesses, the second strike at Nasser Hospital intervened after the arrival of rescuers and journalists to the scene of a first strike.
“We were moving a F16 missile at 2 in the morning. I found myself under the rubble, I fixed them painfully to go out and shoot my wife. I discovered that my son had been killed as a martyr when he was putting his mother. Here are his 27 -day goals, my son was my first source of joy,” he testified to Mohammed Kahil, father of a victim of the blows.
• The profile of the victims
This Monday, Al Jazeera announced the death of the photore Potoreporter and journalist Mohammad Salama, who worked for the channel. Hossam Al-Mesri, Palestinian Phototorter and Reuters collaborator was also murdered, said a news agency spokesman in a statement, also depliating the injuries suffered by Hatem Khaled, a second employee.
The cameraman Houssam al Masri, who worked for Reuters, was killed in a first strike, while photographer Hatem Khaled, also used by Reuters, was injured in a second strike, authorities said.
The Associated Press agency was “shocked and sad” for the death of independent journalist Mariam Dagga, 33. The independent photojournalist has been working for Reuters since October 7. The independent journalist was not in a mission for the agency at the time of events, Reuters said.
The Palestinian journalist union identified the other two victims as Moaz Abu Taha and Ahmad Abu Aziz. According to an AFP journalist in Gaza, the latter worked for the Palestinian and international media.
• A second series of murdered journalists
Five journalists who worked for the Al Jazeera channel had already been killed on August 10 during an Israeli strike in front of the Al-Shifa hospital. The victims are the two correspondents Anas Al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh and the three Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa cameramen.
The Israeli army acknowledged having attacked the first reporter on this list, calling him “terrorist” who “pretended to be a journalist.”
Before the announcement of these dead, the Journalist Protection Committee (CPJ) and reporters without borders (RSF) identified almost 200 journalists killed since October 7, 2023.
According to a British media survey The Guardian, based on data from the Israeli army, the civil mortality rate has been 83% in the Gaza Strip since October 7.
• Nasser hospital was still addressed
The Nasser Hospital is one of the latest health establishments that are still partially functional in the Gaza Strip. This hospital complex had already been the target of Israel since the beginning of the war.
In a previous report published last June, the UN indicated that the establishment worked beyond its capacity and deplored a “serious shortage.” The WHO, which “alerts to the collapse of the Health System of the Gaza strip,” emphasized that Al-Nanser, the most important reference hospital that is still an activity in Gaza and the Al-Aal hospital, is likely not to work. “
Hospitals and journalists “should not be objective,” said the UN, for the voice of Philippe Lazzarini, Chief of Unrwa. The latter also deplored the absence of an international reaction that he considers “shocking.”
Among the rare international reactions, British diplomacy David Lammy said it was “horrified by the Israeli attack on Nasser hospital.” Add: “civilians, health professionals and journalists must be protected.” At this time, Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot did not react publicly.
Source: BFM TV
