What’s the latest?published at 13:18 British Summer Time
Yolande Knell
Middle East correspondent, in Jerusalem
Image source, Getty ImagesA view of dust is seen following Israeli attacks on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis
At least 20 people, including five journalists working for the international media, are said to have been killed in Israeli military strikes on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza.
The Israeli military has confirmed it carried out an attack nearby, but not why the building was hit. It says it’s ordered an initial inquiry.
Footage shows smoke rising up after the main hospital in southern Gaza was hit. In one video, as a doctor holds up bloodied clothes to show journalists, there’s another strike. Reuters confirmed that its cameraman Hussam al-Masri was killed.
He’d been operating a live TV feed on the roof and it shut down at the instant of the initial strike.
Witnesses said the second strike took place after rescue workers and journalists rushed to the site of the first attack.
Associated Press said its freelancer, Mariam Abu Dagga was also killed. So was Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammad Salama and two more journalists, Moaz Abu Taha and Ahmad Abu Aziz.
The Committee to Protect Journalists says more than 190 journalists have been killed in 22-months of war.
In a statement, the Israeli military says it “regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals and does not target journalists as such”.
