Camille Naredo

Palestinians carry gallons and buckets as they walk along a war-damaged street in Gaza City on August 8, 2025. Basher Taleb, AFP

Palestinians carry gallons and buckets as they walk along a war-damaged street in Gaza City on August 8, 2025. Israel's military will "take control" of Gaza City under a plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and approved by his security cabinet, triggered a wave of criticism from across the world. (Photo by Bashar TALEB / AFP)

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GAZA

Agence France-Presse

<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1756117858286AFP__20250808__693H9ZQ__v1__MidRes__PalestinianIsraelConflict.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Palestinians carry gallons and buckets as they walk along a war-damaged street in Gaza City on August 8, 2025. Basher Taleb, AFP"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Palestinians carry gallons and buckets as they walk along a war-damaged street in Gaza City on August 8, 2025. <em>Basher Taleb, AFP</em></span></span></span></div><p>GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories -- Gaza&#x27;s civil defense agency said four journalists were among at least 15 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.</p><p>Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said &quot;the death toll is 15, including four journalists and one civil defense member&quot;, after strikes hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.</p><p>According to media watchdogs, around 200 journalists have been killed in nearly two years of war between Israel and Hamas.</p><p>When asked by AFP about strikes targeting a building at the medical complex, the Israeli military said it was checking the reports.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/8/11/gazans-mourn-al-jazeera-staff-killed-by-israel-2244">READ: Gazans mourn Al Jazeera staff killed by Israel</a></div><p>The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said a group of reporters had &quot;been martyred in the line of journalistic duty, as a result of the Israeli bombing that targeted them at Nasser Hospital&quot;.</p><p>In a statement, it named the reporters as photojournalists Hossam Al-Masri, Mohammad Salama and Mariam Dagga, and journalist Moaz Abu Taha.</p><p>A spokesperson for Qatar-based TV network Al Jazeera on Monday confirmed its photojournalist and cameraman Mohammad Salama was killed in the attack on the medical complex.</p><p>The three others worked with some Palestinian and international outlets, according to AFP journalists.</p><p>Associated Press said Mariam Dagga was a freelancer for the news agency but was not on an assignment with the media outlet when she was killed.</p><p>Reuters said that one of the journalists killed and one of those injured were contractors for the news agency.</p><p>The civil defense&#x27;s Bassal said an Israeli explosive drone targeted a building at Nasser Hospital, followed by an air strike as the wounded were being evacuated.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/8/10/al-jazeera-says-4-journalists-killed-in-israeli-strike-in-gaza-0749">READ: Al Jazeera says 5 journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza</a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>- Smoke, bloodied bodies -</strong></div><script data-wid="auto" type="text/javascript" src="https://content.viralize.tv/display/?zid=AAFz8gWM8iRADsJr&amp;cid=ABfZdpE2zeWmkzRP"></script><p>Media restrictions in Gaza and difficulties in accessing many areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify the tolls and details provided by the civil defense agency or the Israeli military.</p><p>AFP footage from the immediate aftermath of the attack showed smoke filling the air and debris from the blast on the floor outside the hospital.</p><p>Palestinians rushed to help the victims, carrying bloodied bodies and severed body parts into the medical complex. One body could be seen dangling from the top floor of the targeted building as a man screamed below.</p><p>A woman wearing medical scrubs and a white coat was among the injured, carried into the hospital on a stretcher with a heavily bandaged leg and blood all over her clothes. </p><p>Before the latest killings, media advocacy groups the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders said around 200 journalists had been killed in the Gaza war.</p><div><a class="fr-green fr-strong" href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/8/11/reporters-without-borders-calls-for-strong-response-to-israeli-strike-that-killed-journalists-0156">READ: Reporters without Borders calls for strong response to Israeli strike that killed journalists</a></div><p>Earlier this month, four Al Jazeera staff and two freelancers were killed in an Israeli air strike outside Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, prompting widespread condemnation.</p><p>The Israeli military alleged that Anas al-Sharif -- a prominent Al Jazeera correspondent killed in the strike -- headed a Hamas &quot;terrorist cell&quot; and was &quot;responsible for advancing rocket attacks&quot; against Israelis.</p><p>The CPJ slammed that strike, saying journalists should never be targeted in war.</p><p>&quot;Journalists are civilians. They must never be targeted in war. And to do so is a war crime,&quot; Jodie Ginsberg, chief executive of the CPJ, told AFP at the time.</p><p>The war in Gaza was sparked by Hamas&#x27;s October 2023 attack on Israel, which resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.</p><p>Israel&#x27;s offensive has killed at least 62,686 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to figures from the health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza that the United Nations considers reliable.</p><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div>

<p>Gaza's civil defense agency said four journalists were among at least 15 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.</p>

Gaza's civil defense agency said four journalists were among at least 15 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis.

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4 journalists among 15 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital: civil defense

Agence France-Presse

Published Aug 25, 2025 08:02 PM PHT

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