This the scene around 15 minutes after
NASA hospital had been attacked by the
Israeli military. Rescue workers
scrambling and an Arabic TV channel
broadcasting live. And then
a second attack hits exactly the same
place, killing those who had come to
help. At least 20 people were killed
here in what is the only functioning
hospital in the south of Gaza.
>> Targeting civil defense workers is a
crime. It is another entry in the
history of Israel's war against us. It
is a war crime against our people and
against those who are simply trying to
provide humanitarian aid. Our mission is
clear to save lives.
Among the victims, five journalists
whose work have been seen around the
world. Media workers regularly gather at
this hospital to get stories and to use
an internet connection. More than 200
journalists, almost all Palestinian,
have been killed in Gaza since the start
of the war. 19 of them worked for the Al
Jazzer network. You're talking now about
a a clear strategy from the IDF and the
Israeli government to target local
journalists, try to silence the story.
And we've been talking about this since
the beginning of the war. the fact that
no international journalist is allowed
to enter Gaza up until uh this time and
the fact that a local journalist been
smeared, targeted and killed is a way
and the strategy to silence the story.
>> Among the dead, photographer Mariam
Dhaka. Her camera recovered from the
scene.
These were journalists who had spent
nearly two years documenting life under
attack in Gaza and some of their work
was very high profile. This is one of
Israel's best known newspapers. And this
morning on the front page there's a
photo from Mariam Dhaka. But within
hours of this being published, she was
dead.
>> Her bulletproof vest placed on a coffin.
There was no defense against such an
explosion.
The Israeli military has launched an
investigation. Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu has described the attack as a
tragic mishap.
>> I would like to be clear from the start.
The IDF does not intentionally target
civilians.
The IDF makes every effort to mitigate
harm to civilians while ensuring the
safety of our troops.
Israel denies targeting media workers,
but a few hours after the attack on NASA
hospital, another journalist was killed,
shot in his tent in Carunis.
And while all this happens, so Israel
masses its military might, ready to
encircle and occupy Gaza City. Adam
Parson, Sky News, Jerusalem.