Overview

• Israel said troops targeted a Hamas surveillance camera on the hospital roof, called the deaths a tragic mishap, and opened an internal investigation, adding that Reuters and AP journalists were not a target.
• Video and eyewitness accounts show a second blast minutes after the first as reporters and rescuers rushed up an exterior stairwell, a pattern described as a double-tap that also killed medics.
• At least 20 people were killed, including journalists Hussam al-Masri, Mariam Abu Dagga, Mohammed Salama, Moaz Abu Taha, and Ahmed Abu Aziz.
• Hamas rejected Israel’s account, asserting that none of the 21 people it says died were fighters and disputing the identities of alleged militants named by Israel.
• UN human-rights officials said there needs to be justice and press-freedom groups demanded an impartial probe, while India called the killings shocking and deeply regrettable as local monitors put journalist deaths in the war at about 240.