Israel claims to strike at the hospital that the dead journalists were targeting a camera used by Hamas

The Israel Army issued a statement on Tuesday says Including five journalistsIn Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip, it targeted a camera that he used to use Hamas to monitor.

The Israeli Defense Forces said that the forces in Khan Younis had identified a camera “are used to monitor the activity of the Israeli Defense Forces, in order to direct terrorist activities against them.”

The Israeli Defense Army did not provide evidence to support confirmation, but he said that it was “more supported” through the use of Hamas documented by hospitals “by terrorist organizations throughout the war, and the assertion of intelligence to Hamas’s use of Nasser Hospital to implement terrorist activities since the beginning of the war.

The interpretation of the Israeli army contradicts a A statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu A few hours after the accident was issued, expressing unfortunately what he called a “tragic accident”, with no proposal from a specific enthusiasm in the hospital.

“Israel appreciates the work of journalists, medical staff and all civilians,” the Netanyahu office said in the statement issued on social media. “The military authorities are conducting a comprehensive investigation. Our war with Hamas terrorists. Our just goals are the defeat of Hamas and give our hostages home.”

In what the witnesses described as a double strike by Israeli drones-with one missile, the hospital was beaten by another while people gathered to assess the damage and attend the wounded-five Palestinian journalists were killed on Monday.

Their IDs were confirmed as the Massam Al -Masry, who worked at Reuters News Agency, Mohamed Salama, who worked on the island, independent journalists Maryam Abu Daka, and Muwaz Abu Tuha and Ahmed Abu Aziz.

John Gambril, director of Associated Press news agency in the Middle East, said in A. Social media yet Abu Daka was “independent of AP since the Gaza war began.”

Eye of the Middle East, a UK -based media outlet, focuses on the region, He said Abu Aziz was working for the organization.

The strike was among the many people who hit hospitals and journalists over the war of 22 months in Gaza, and Israel may plan to expand its attack to the densely populated areas of the densely populated Palestinian territory.

The first strike hit the upper floor of a building in Nasser Hospital. Minutes later, when journalists and rescue men in the Orange jacket rushed an external staircase to reach the first explosion theater, Dr. Ahmed Al -Fara, head of the pediatrics in Nasser, said the missile.

in A statement issued on MondayThe Foreign Press Association, which represents journalists working in Israel and the Palestinian territories, said it is “angry and shock” due to the killing of media workers.

“This is among the bloody Israeli attacks on journalists who have been working in the international media since the start of the Gaza war,” the organization said. “These strikes hit the external stairs of the hospital as journalists were often focused with their cameras. The strikes were without warning.”

The Israel Defense Army in that Tuesday statement“It was operated to remove the threat by hitting the camera and dismantling it, and the investigation showed that the forces were working to remove the threat.”

The Israeli Defense Army said that six people were killed in the attack “were terrorists, one of whom participated in infiltrating Israeli territory on October 7. At the same time, the Chief of the General Staff regrets any harm that caused civilians.”

The Israeli Defense Army did not specify the alleged terrorists who were killed in the strike, or explained the evidence to take the decision to be terrorists. The IDF also did not indicate that anything had intentionally targeted the strike other than the alleged camera.

The army said that the chief of staff had ordered more investigation into the “authorization process before the strike, including the ammunition approved for the strike and the timing of the mandate”, and “the decision -making process in this field.”

President Trump, who was asked about the deadly strike on Monday, said he was not aware until the question was asked.

“When did this happen?” Mr. Trump asked a correspondent at the White House. “I didn’t know that. Well, I am not happy with that. I don’t want to see it. At the same time, we must finish this entire nightmare.”

Israel has been increasingly pressure on the number of journalists who were killed in its military operations in Gaza – including the targeted strikes against individuals who Israeli officials claim that Hamas agents.

At least 197 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, the West Bank occupied by the Israeli, and in Lebanon since Israel launched its war against Hamas in Gaza, which is likely for a terrorist attack from Hamas on October 7, 2023, according to The Hamas, according to The Hamas, according to The Hamas. A committee to protect journalists.

That war killed more than 60,000 people in Gaza, according to the Hamas -run Palestinian Ministry of Health, which does not distinguish between civilians and fighters in its personalities. The Hamas -led attack was killed two years ago, 1,200 people in southern Israel and witnessed 251 others being taken into account in Gaza.