The Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza is killed 15, including 4 journalists, says health officials

Deir Al -Bala, Gaza Strip – Hospital officials told CBS News that an Israeli air strike arrived at the fourth floor of the South Gaza main hospital on Monday, killing at least eight people, including many journalists. An official with the civil defense rescue agency in Hamas runs Gaza He later said that at least 15 people were killed in the strike in total.

Civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal told reporters at the scene that “the death toll is 15, including four journalists and a member of the Civil Defense,” according to AFP.

The Ministry of Health said that the victims were killed in a double blow in the hospital, as it hit one of the missiles first, then other moments after the arrival of the rescue sets.

Khan Yunis Nasser Hospital, the largest in southern Gaza, made raids and bombing for 22 months of war, as officials pointed out a decisive shortage of supplies and employees.

The Israeli army did not immediately respond to questions about the strike or reports that journalists were among the victims. 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.

A hospital official told CBS News that four journalists were killed in a double Monday morning at Nasser Hospital. The four official determined that they are Hosam Masseri, who worked for the Reuters news agency, Mohamed Salama, who worked on the island, and independent journalists Maryam Abu Daka and Abu Taha’s mouth.

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

The hospital official said that at least one of the other journalists was injured in the strike, as the man determined that he was Hemim Omar, who is also working to wear Reuters.

Reuters confirmed that the Al -Masry, the contractor who works for the International News Agency, was among the dead. She said the photographer Hatem Khaled, who also worked as a proxy contractor, was injured.

Israeli strikes and raids on hospitals are not uncommon. Multiple hospitals or raids were hit through the Gaza Strip, as Israel claimed that its attacks targeted the militants working inside the medical facilities, without providing evidence.

On August 11, the Israeli army targeted and killed five journalists in Gaza, including the correspondent, Anas Sharif. The Israeli Defense Forces said that it had intelligence and documents from Gaza to prove that the Sharif was the head of a terrorist cell Hamas, and his Israeli participation. Unlike photo From Sharif with Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas Supreme in Gaza, who was Killed last October.

CBS News cannot check the authenticity of the photos. It was Al -Jazeera and Al -Sharif It was previously rejected The Associated Press reported that Israel’s demands are baseless. Just three weeks ago, Al -Sharif appealed to the Committee to protect journalists because of the concerns that it may be assassinated.

A strike at Nasser Hospital killed three people and wounded 10, according to the Ministry of Health. At that time, the Israeli army said it had targeted Hamas militants who work from a command and control center inside the hospital.

The Hamas -running Ministry of Health said on Sunday that at least 62,686 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched its war in Gaza in response to a terrorist attack led by Hamas on October 7, 2023, which killed about 1,200 Israelis and witnessed 251 others in the hostages.

The ministry does not distinguish in its personalities between fighters and civilians, but it says that about half of the dead were women and children. The United Nations experts and independent experts consider it the most reliable information available to the war victims, as it is difficult to verify these numbers independently because Israel does not allow foreign journalists to enter Gaza.

Israel exceeds its numbers, but it did not provide it.