According to medical workers, two missiles got into the hospital.
Among the dead 33-year-old Mariam Dagga, who worked as a freelance employee of the Associated Press during the war, as well as for other news agencies. Dagga, who has a 13-year-old son, evacuated from Gaza at the beginning of the war, often worked in Nairera, and recently wrote about how hospitals are trying to save children from hunger.
Al Jazeera confirmed that his journalist Mohammed Salam was also among those who died as a result of Nasseri airstrike. Reuters reported that his operator Hussam al-Masri was killed, and the photographer Haled Hala, the photographer. The name of the fourth deceased journalist has not yet been established.
The Israeli military stated that their troops struck the Nasser hospital and conduct an investigation into the incident. The military stated that they regret “any damage caused to persons who are not involved in the incident, and do not pursue journalists as such.”
According to Associated Press, the war of Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas became one of the most bloody conflicts for media workers. According to the Committee for the Protection of Journalists, at least 192 journalists died in a 22 -month conflict in Gaza.
Context
Israel since October 2023 waging a war against Hamas In response to her attack on the territory of Israel, the murder of civilians and the abduction of more than 100 hostages, some of which were liberated or killed. During the ground operation, accompanied by massive bombing, about 40 thousand people died in the gas sector. After long discussions on January 15, 2025, Israel and Hamas entered into an agreement on the ceasefire.
February 10 Hamas accused Israel of violating agreements About the ceasefire in the gas sector and stated that he would not transfer hostages. In response, Netanyahu said that Israel would resume active hostilities in the gas sector. Later the exchange was continued. However, after the refusal of Hamas, the first stage of the ceasefire agreement, Israel announced termination of supply of humanitarian aid of gas.
On March 18, the Israeli Defense Army Resumed blows in the gas sector on Hamas objects. On August 8, the Chancellery Netanyahu announced the intention to completely capture the gas sector. This led to protests Among the Israelis.
Israel introduced the blockade of the Gaza, because of this, according to the data The UN, the humanitarian crisis in the region aggravated, only in the first nine days of August 193 people died from malnutrition, of which 96 were children. May 31 Reuters wrote that in the gas sector Hungry residents robbed dozens of trucks with food. On June 17, the agency informed that Israeli tanks fired at a crowd of thousands of Palestinians who were waiting for trucks with humanitarian aid.
