Overview

• Hospital and health officials reported 19–20 dead at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, including five journalists: AP freelancer Mariam Dagga, Reuters videographer Hussam al-Masri, Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Salama, Moaz Abu Taha and Ahmad Abu Aziz.
• The Israeli military acknowledged an operation at the site and said initial findings indicate the strike destroyed a Hamas-installed surveillance camera on hospital grounds, asserting several of the dead were militants.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed regret, calling the incident a “tragic mishap,” and the IDF ordered further review of the approval process and the munitions used.
• Eyewitnesses described two consecutive strikes, with a second blast hitting as medics and civil defense personnel rushed in to aid the wounded.
• AP, Reuters, the German government, WHO and press-freedom groups called for an independent, transparent probe, while outside verification remains constrained by Israel’s restrictions on foreign media access to Gaza.