LONDON — 5 journalists had been amongst not less than 21 folks killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Monday morning, officers on the Hamas-run Gaza Authorities Media Workplace and Well being Ministry mentioned.
The strike occurred on the Nasser Medical Complicated within the southern Gaza metropolis of Khan Younis, the well being ministry mentioned.
Mariam Dagga, 33, who had been working as a contract journalist for The Related Press for the reason that battle started in October 2022, was among the many journalists killed, the AP reported, saying it was “shocked and saddened” by the deaths.
Palestinian journalists, high L-R, Mohammad Salama, Moaz Abu Taha and Mariam Dagga and backside L-R, Hussam Al-Masri and Ahmed Abu Aziz who had been killed in Gaza, Aug. 25, 2025.
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Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammed Salama was killed, Al Jazeera Media Community confirmed, saying in an announcement that it “condemns, within the strongest potential phrases, this horrific crime dedicated by the Israeli occupation forces, who’ve instantly focused and assassinated journalists as a part of a scientific marketing campaign to silence the reality.”
Ahmad Abu Aziz, Center East Eye’s main correspondent in southern Gaza, was among the many journalists killed, the U.Ok.-based outlet confirmed. The 28-year-old Gazan “relentlessly reported” from Gaza whereas working by way of “ache, displacement, starvation and bombardment,” the outlet mentioned.
Tools utilized by Palestinian cameraman Hussam al-Masri, who was a contractor for Reuters, lies on the website the place he was killed, together with different journalists and folks, in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis within the southern Gaza Strip, on this nonetheless picture taken from video, Aug. 25, 2025.
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Hussam al-Masri, a cameraman contracted with Reuters, and Moaz Abu Taha, a contract journalist whose work had been generally revealed by Reuters, had been additionally killed within the hospital strike, a Reuters spokesperson confirmed, saying they’re “devastated” to study of their deaths. Reuters photographer Hatem Khaled, was additionally injured, the spokesperson mentioned.
“We’re urgently in search of extra info and have requested authorities in Gaza and Israel to assist us get pressing medical help for Hatem,” the Reuters spokesperson mentioned in an announcement.
Not less than 16 different folks had been additionally killed within the strike on the hospital, in line with Gaza’s well being ministry. They included 4 well being employees, in line with the World Well being Group. Fifty others, together with critically in poor health sufferers, had been additionally injured, it mentioned.
“Israel deeply regrets the tragic mishap that occurred right now on the Nasser Hospital in Gaza,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace mentioned in an announcement. “Israel values the work of journalists, medical employees, and all civilians.”
Palestinians collect exterior Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis within the southern Gaza Strip on Aug. 25, 2025, following Israeli strikes.
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He continued, “The navy authorities are conducting an intensive investigation. Our conflict is with Hamas terrorists. Our simply objectives are defeating Hamas and bringing our hostages residence.”
The IDF issued an announcement confirming that it launched a strike within the space of Nasser Hospital and regrets “any hurt to uninvolved people” in its struggle towards Hamas.
“We’re conscious of studies that hurt was triggered to civilians, together with journalists. I want to be clear from the beginning — the IDF doesn’t deliberately goal civilians,” IDF spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin mentioned in an announcement. “The IDF makes each effort to mitigate hurt to civilians, whereas guaranteeing the protection of our troops.”
A journalist holds a blood-covered digital camera belonging to Palestinian photojournalist Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis within the southern Gaza Strip, throughout his funeral on Aug. 25, 2025.
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Defrin mentioned the IDF’s chief of the final employees had ordered an instantaneous inquiry into the incident “to grasp the circumstances of what occurred and the way it occurred.’
“Reporting from an energetic warzone carries immense danger, particularly in a conflict with a terrorist group reminiscent of Hamas, who cynically hides behind the civilian inhabitants. As at all times, we’ll current our findings as transparently as potential,” Defrin mentioned.
ABC Information’ Diaa Ostaz, Camilla Alcini and Dorit Lengthy contributed to this report.
