Overview

• Witnesses and medical staff reported a second explosion minutes after the first as rescuers and reporters arrived, a pattern often described as a double tap.
• Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and Middle East Eye confirmed the deaths of their contributors, including Mariam Dagga and Hussam al-Masri, with dozens more wounded.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the IDF expressed regret, said civilians were not intentionally targeted, cited Hamas’s use of civilian sites, and ordered an immediate probe.
• The military said it is examining the strike’s circumstances and potential munitions source, with video of the blasts circulating as part of the review.
• UN leaders, European officials and press freedom groups condemned the attack and urged an impartial investigation, as reports also noted Nasser is one of southern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals and a sixth journalist was later killed in Khan Younis.