Three journalists killed in Israeli strikes on a hospital in Gaza

Published connected 06/06/2025 - 3:55 GMT+2•Updated 4:24

At slightest 10 Palestinians were killed successful Israeli strikes successful Gaza's confederate metropolis of Khan Younis overnight into Thursday, according to Nasser Hospital, which received nan bodies. It was not instantly clear if nan strikes were related to nan betterment ngo overnight of nan bodies of 2 hostages.

In Gaza City, 3 journalists were among 5 Palestinians who were killed successful Israeli strikes connected nan courtyard of nan al-Ahli Hospital successful nan northbound of nan enclave. A half twelve others were injured successful nan attack, according to nan Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.

The Israeli subject said it was looking into reports connected nan onslaught astatine al-Ahli and suggested that its officials whitethorn motorboat an investigation into nan allegations. The service says it only targets militants and blames civilian deaths connected Hamas because it is embedded successful populated areas.

Over 180 journalists and media workers person been killed since nan commencement of Israel’s subject campaign, nan immense mostly of them successful Gaza, according to nan New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists.

Israel has said galore of those killed successful its strikes were militants “posing arsenic reporters”. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate condemned what it described arsenic Israel’s continued systematic and deliberate targeting of journalists.

In a statement, nan national said that nan ongoing Israeli aggression has truthful acold claimed nan lives of 225 journalists and media workers, including 30 female journalists. They’ve besides identified nan precocious journalists arsenic Ismail Bdaih, Suleiman Hajjaj, and Samir Al-Rifai.

The group has accused Israel of continuing a argumentation of “enforced disappearance” against Palestinian journalists, citing nan ongoing deficiency of accusation regarding nan destiny of 2 missing reporters — Nidal Al-Wahidi and Haitham Abdul-Wahed — whose cases nan national described arsenic “clear instances of enforced disappearance successful usurpation of world law.”

Israel has travel nether occurrence precocious for its targeting of journalists and behaviour of war. Various world media houses and good known broadcasters person slammed Netanyahu’s authorities for not allowing independent world media into Gaza to study and investigate.

Israel says nan determination to not let journalists entree into nan enclave was for information reasons, adding that they cannot guarantee nan information of journalists erstwhile they’ve entered.

Those claims were nevertheless dismissed, arsenic various world media outlets person pledged to organise their ain information protocol and arrangements.

Various groups, including Reporters Without Borders, person accused Israel of attempting to power nan communicative and soundlessness nan facts by not allowing free property wrong Gaza to behaviour their ain investigation and show nan conditions connected nan ground.

Additional sources • AP, EBU