Overview

• Two explosions hit the Khan Younis hospital in quick succession, with a second blast striking a stairwell about ten minutes after the first as rescuers and reporters gathered.
• Live TV footage and videos from the scene captured the second strike, which killed journalists and people responding to the initial blast.
• Hospital staff report the emergency and surgical departments were destroyed, and more than 100 wounded are being treated.
• Five journalists working for major outlets, including Reuters, the Associated Press and Al‑Jazeera, were among the dead, while Israel says several of those killed were militants.
• Hamas denies any fighters were among the victims and rejects claims of a Hamas‑run camera at the site, as press‑freedom groups condemn the attack and note an exceptionally high journalist death toll since October 2023.