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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Four journalists were among at
least eight people killed on Monday in a strike on a hospital in
southern Gaza, including a freelancer who worked for the
Associated Press.
Mariam Dagga, 33 freelanced for the AP since the Gaza war began,
as well as other news outlets.
Dagga reported on Nasser Hospital doctors struggling to save
children with no prior health issues who were wasting away from
starvation.
Al Jazeera confirmed that its journalist Mohammed Salam was
among those who were killed in the Nasser hospital strike.
Reuters reported that its contractor cameraman Hussam al-Masri
was also killed in the strike. Photographer Hatem Khaled, who
was also a Reuters contractor, was wounded, the news agency
reported.
The Israel-Hamas has been one of the bloodiest conflicts for
media workers, with a total of 192 journalists killed in Gaza in
the 22-month conflict, according to the Committee to Protect
Journalists. Comparatively, 18 journalists have been killed so
far in the Russia-Ukraine war, according to the CPJ.
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and Israeli military refused
to comment on the incident.
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