Israel kills five more journalists in new massacre in Gaza’s Nasser hospital
August marked the deadliest month for Palestinian journalists in Gaza with 13 killed in separate Israeli attacks.
Journalists and medical crews at the scene of an Israeli attack on Nasser hospital, moments before a second attack targets them at the same spot. Photo: screenshot
Israel committed a new massacre on Monday, August 25, with a deadly double-tap strike that targeted Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis.
At least 20 people were killed in the attack including five journalists and a firefighter, while several other people sustained injuries.
The slain journalists were identified as:
- Mohammad Salama – Photojournalist/cameraman for Al Jazeera
- Hussam al-Masri – Cameraman/photographer for Reuters
- Mariam Abu Daqqa – Visual journalist; contributed to Independent Arabia and AP
- Moaz Abu Taha – Journalist/photojournalist who worked with NBC, Europa Press, and El Periódico
- Ahmed Abu Aziz – Journalist for the Quds Feed network and other media outlets
The assassination of the five journalists came two days after Palestine TV cameraman Khaled al-Madhoun was shot dead by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) while covering the aid distribution process in the Zikim area in the northern Gaza strip.
On August 10, Israeli warplanes also targeted a journalist’s tent near Al-Shifa Hospital in western Gaza city, murdering six Palestinian journalists including prominent Al Jazeera correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammad Qreiqe.
Meanwhile, the body of journalist Marwa Musallam, who worked for Gaza-based Radio Al-Shabab, was found at her house in Shujaya neighborhood in eastern Gaza city on Friday, August 1, after her family had lost contact with her for about a month following an Israeli airstrike on a nearby house.
According to Gaza’s Media Office, Monday’s massacre has raised the death toll to 244 Palestinian journalists killed by the IOF across the Gaza strip since October 2023.
