Overview
- Mariam Abu Dagga, a Palestinian video journalist who freelanced for the Associated Press, was killed during the Aug. 25 raid on the Nasser Hospital complex in Khan Younis.
- Al Jazeera said its cameraman Mohammad Salama was killed, and Reuters reported collaborator Hussam al-Masri was killed and contributor Hatem Khaled was wounded.
- An IDF statement acknowledged an attack in the Nasser area, expressed regret for harm to uninvolved people, said it does not target journalists, and ordered an initial investigation.
- Gaza Civil Defense reported an explosive drone hit a hospital building followed by an airstrike as the wounded were being evacuated.
- Reports from local and international outlets described five reporters among roughly 20 people killed, and noted that Abu Dagga’s final letter to her son was widely shared as the war’s journalist death toll nears 200 over two years.