Overview

• At least 20 people were killed on August 25 in back-to-back strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, with five journalists among the dead.
• A Reuters reporter was killed during a live broadcast in the first blast, and a second strike hit journalists and rescuers on an external stairwell captured on Al Ghad video.
• The Israeli prime minister’s office described the incident as a “tragic mishap,” and the military says journalists were not the intended target.
• Israeli media reported that troops fired artillery at what they believed was a Hamas surveillance camera on the hospital roof, an area commonly used for live TV shots.
• AP and Reuters demanded an explanation in a joint letter citing protections for hospitals under international law, as India’s foreign ministry condemned the killings and noted an Israeli investigation.