Israeli troops admitted to a "targeted attack" on the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis City in southern Gaza, killing two people, including Palestinian journalist Hassan Eslain.
The Gaza government media office confirmed the killing of Eslaih on Tuesday, who was treated in the hospital's burn department for serious injuries suffered by an Israeli strike on April 7 in a media tent next to the hospital.
After a strike on Tuesday, footage from AFP news agency at Nasser Hospital showed smoke from the facility searching for gravel among rescue workers and searching for rubble with torches.
A hospital worker named Abu Ghali said the Israeli bombing “does not distinguish between civilians and military targets.”
"This is a civilian hospital that receives injured people all day long," he told AFP.
Eslaih is a director of ALAM24 News Agency and a freelancer who contributes to international news organizations, including photos of the October 7 attack led by Hamas.
Israel claims Eslaih is a Hamas fighter who participated in the October 7 attack, an allegation he strongly denied.
Dozens of journalists were killed
The Committee on Protecting Journalists said at least 178 journalists and media workers have been killed in Palestine, Israel and Lebanon since the war began. Gaza government media office has placed the death toll at 215.
The Israeli military said in an article in the telegram that the strike targeted Hamas' "command and control complex", the largest hospital in southern Gaza, without further evidence.
"Terrorists are used by terrorists to plan and carry out terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians and (military) forces," the Post said.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health condemned on Tuesday that “the hospital repeatedly targeted the hospital, hunting and killing injured patients in the treatment room” and said it “confirmed Israel’s intention to cause greater damage to the health care system”.
Hospitals in Gaza have been a regular target of Israeli attacks since the war began in October 2023, although it is illegal to attack medical institutions, medical staff and patients under the 1949 Geneva Convention.
According to Gaza officials, Israel has blown up at least 36 hospitals in the enclave since the war broke out.
