5 Journalists killed in Israeli bombing near Gaza hospital

In what is recorded as the highest journalist causalities in a single day, as many as five Al-Quds TV Channel reporters were killed in an Israeli bombing near al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza Thursday December 26, 2024

Gaza: In what is recorded as the highest journalist causalities in a single day, as many as five Al-Quds TV Channel reporters were killed in an Israeli bombing near al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat Camp in Central Gaza Thursday December 26, 2024.

The Al Quds Today Channel Journalists were reporting from near the Al Awda Hospital when their van – clearly marked with the word “PRESS”, was targeted.

“The Israeli bombs dropped in the morning on Thursday killed all of them”, Al Quds Today said.

The deceased journalists have been identified as:

1. Fadi Hassouna
2. Ibrahim al-Sheikh Ali
3. Mohammed al-Ladah
4. Faisal Abu al-Qumsan
5. Ayman al-Jadi

Among the victims, Ayman al-Jadi had been waiting for his wife in front of the hospital while she was in labour to give birth to their first child when the Israeli bombs killed him, according to Al-Jazeera Journalist Anas al-Sharif.

"Targeted Attack"

A screenshot taken from a video of the white-coloured van shows the word “PRESS” in large red lettering across the back of the vehicle.

The Israeli military however said it had carried out a “targeted attack against a vehicle carrying members of Islamic Jihad" and that it would continue to take action against “terrorist organizations” in Gaza.

Civil defence teams retrieved the bodies of the victims and extinguished the fire at the scene, the Quds News Network said.

In another Israeli airstrike on civlian areas of Gaza City last night, at least 13 members of the Daloul family were killed.

"Deadliest war for Journalists"

With this the number of Journalists killed in Israeli airstrikes since October 07, 2023 has crossed 200 mark.

According to Gaza health authorities 201 Palestinian journalists have been killed in Israeli attacks since the start of the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has been considered the deadliest for journalists and media workers in the world in 30 years, according to media freedom organisations.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) earlier this month condemned Israel’s killing of four Palestinian journalists in the space of a week, calling on the international community to hold the country accountable for its attacks against the media.

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