Gaza War: Clinic: Five journalists under 19 deaths in the attack of Israel

According to the hospital, 19 people were killed in an Israeli attack in the south of the Gaza Strip, including five journalists. According to the Nasser Hospital, they were fatally hit during an air raid when they were on the fourth floor of the clinic in the southern city of Chan Junis. The Ministry of Health controlled by Hamas spoke of 20 dead.

According to the Associated Press news agency, a freelance employee of AP, Mariam Dagga (33), was also among those killed. She said a twelve -year -old son who had previously been evacuated from the Gaza Strip during the war. “We do everything that is in our power to protect our journalists in the Gaza Strip, while they continue to provide decisive eyewitness reports under difficult and dangerous conditions,” said AP.

The Reuters news agency reported that its freelancer Hussam al-Masri was killed in the attack. Another photographer of the agency – also a freelancer – was injured.

The Arab television station Al-Jasira reported that a cameraman from the station was fatally hit. It was initially unclear which medium the fourth killed journalist worked for. According to Gaza, the fifth was a freelancer of several Arab media. According to reports from the Palestinian news agency Wafa, paramedics also died in the attack on the clinic.

Israel initiates the incident

The Israeli army announced that there had been an attack in the area of ​​the Nasser Hospital. General chief of staff Ejal Zamir ordered a quick preliminary examination of the incident. The army regretted it if uninvolved people were harmed. The troops were not intentionally aimed at journalists, it said.

Eyewitnesses reported that there was an attack on the fourth floor in the reception building of the Nasser Hospital, in which the journalists were. As a paramedic and civil protection employee, there was another attack. In social media, video recordings circulated by the bloody incident. The Arabic broadcaster Al-Ghad showed a video in which it was seen how a group of people was hit in an attack. It was apparently the second attack.

Almost 200 journalists killed in the Gaza War

According to the committee for the protection of journalists (CPJ), almost 200 journalists have been killed since the beginning of the Gaza War, most of them Palestinians.

According to Wafa, a Palestinian cameraman was only killed in the northern Gaza Strip of Israeli soldiers on Saturday. The Palestinian Association of Journalists spoke of a “constant Israeli campaign against journalists, the aim of which is to silence the Palestinian descriptions”.

In the middle of the month, four employees of the Arab TV broadcaster Al-Jasira were killed in the city of Gaza. Israel’s military had confirmed the killing of the correspondent Anas al-Sharif. The 28-year-old had pretended to be Al-Jasira journalist, but he led a terrorist cell of the Islamist Hamas, the army said at the time-without providing clear evidence.

Report: Israel’s military chief intensified warning of gaza intake

Meanwhile, according to a media report, General Staff Head of Stand I urgently warned of the dangers of the planned intake of the city of Gaza. The Israeli TV broadcaster Channel 13 reports that Zamir has urged to accept a placement of a gaza custody rest and the release of hostages in the return for Palestinian prisoners. The army had created the conditions for a hostage deal, now it is in the hands of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Accepting the city of Gaza would endanger the life of hostages.

WadePhul criticizes Israel’s government for Gaza plans

Foreign Minister Johann WadePhul criticized the Israeli government for its plans to advance to the city of Gaza. German credibility as a global European actor depends on the consistency of German politics – in defending international law, the rejection of terror and the protection of civilian life, he said during a visit to the Croatian capital Zagreb. “In our opinion, the decision of the Israeli cabinet of taking over and intensify the soil operations promotes none of these goals,” he criticized.

According to estimates, about one million people crowded in the coastal city of Gaza. Israel plans to evacuate the city in front of the new offensive. Hamas hostages are also suspected in the city.