Saturday 28 / December / 2024
Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 50 people on Thursday, according to Hamas-controlled Health Ministry in Gaza.
The director of Kamal Adwan Hospital near Beit Lahia said at least five staff were among those killed, including a pediatrician, a laboratory assistant, two paramedics, and a technician.
The Israeli military initially did not immediately comment on the strike. However, it said one of its soldiers was killed during clashes in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, five Palestinian journalists were killed in a separate Israeli strike when their broadcasting van was hit outside the Al-Awda Hospital at the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
The journalists were working for Al-Quds Today, a television channel affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group. The group, like Hamas, operates political, media and charitable operations in addition to its armed wing.
The Israeli military claimed four of the victims were combat propagandists.
Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization by many countries, including the United States, Israel and Germany.
A destroyed broadcasting van in Gaza
