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The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 65,000.

Four journalists have been killed in an Israeli ‘double-tap’ massacre on Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza.

Cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, was killed in the first missile strike on the fourth floor of the hospital in Khan Younnis earlier this morning.

One of the most prominent photojournalists in Gaza, Mariam Abu Dagga, Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammed Salama and photojournalist Moaz Abu Taha were all killed in the second, which was aired on live television.

Dagga, 33, freelanced for Associated Press since the start of the war, as well as other news outlets.

At the time of her killing, she was reporting on Nasser Hospital doctors struggling to save children with no prior health issues who were wasting away from starvation.

The four journalists were among at least 15 people killed by Israel, which unleashed one missile first, then another moments later as rescue crews arrived.

The death toll has since risen to 20.

Gaza’s civil defence said that at least one emergency responder was killed and seven others were injured.

Photographer Hatem Khaled, who also works for Reuters, was also among those wounded in the second strike.

In the aftermath of bombings, the Israeli army routinely fires on Palestinian rescue workers to prevent them from saving those wounded. This was also the case in Nasser Medical Complex.

Witnesses said the second hit took place after rescue workers, journalists and other people had rushed to the site of the initial attack.

Live footage broadcasted on Alghad TV showed Israel’s ‘double-tap’ strike as a missile hit one of the floors of the hospitals where rescue workers were helping the wounded.

Nasser Hospital, based in Khan Younis is the largest in southern Gaza. It has withstood raids and bombardment throughout 22 months of war, with officials citing critical shortages of supplies and staff.

Both Reuters and AP news agencies have confirmed that their journalists were killed.

Gaza’s Government Media Office said in a statement shortly after Israel’s attack: ‘The journalist colleagues were martyred when the Israeli occupation committed a horrific crime by bombing a group of journalists who were on a press coverage mission at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis Governorate, and many martyrs fell victim to this crime.

‘We hold the Israeli occupation, the US administration, and the countries participating in the genocide crime, such as the United Kingdom, Germany, and France, fully responsible for committing these heinous brutal crimes.’

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How many journalists has Israel killed in Gaza?

The deaths of the four journalists add to the growing number of media workers targeted and killed during the war – at least 240, according to the Gaza Government Media Office.

Meanwhile, a tally by Shireen.ps has the total number to nearly 270.

The head of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) stated in 2024 that ‘Israel’s war on Gaza is more deadly to journalists than any previous war’.

So far this year, more than 50 journalists and media workers have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza.

Just two weeks ago, Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif was assassinated alongside several other colleagues in a targeted Israeli attack on a tent housing journalists in Gaza City.

Al Jazeera correspondent Mohammed Qreiqeh and camera operators Ibrahim Zaher and Mohammed Noufal were among those killed.

Also killed were freelance cameraman Momen Aliwa and freelance journalist Mohammed al-Khalidi.

Mohamed Duar, Amnesty International Australia’s Occupied Palestinian Territory Spokesperson said: ‘No journalist should ever be targeted or killed simply for carrying out their work.

‘Israel must not be allowed to deliberately attack and kill journalists with impunity. Justice must be served for these brave journalists and their family members.’

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Israel has continued to shoot Palestinians waiting for food in the famine-stricken enclave.

Netanyahu’s worrying remarks come on the same day that at least 26 Palestinians were killed while seeking aid in Gaza, hospitals and witnesses said.

The family has claimed Hamas is ‘deliberately starving him’ as part of a ‘propaganda campaign’, despite reports of widespread famine in Gaza.

The family has claimed Hamas is ‘deliberately starving him’ as part of a ‘propaganda campaign’, despite reports of widespread famine in Gaza.

Sam Sears said ‘countless’ patients are being treated for critical injuries.

Photos of starving Palestinians, some of them infants, have emerged from Gaza in the past weeks, sparking public outcry.

Gaza’s only Catholic church – a refuge for many Christians during Israel’swar on Palestinians – has been bombed this morning.

Strikes pounded the Holy Family Church, killing two people and wounding several others, including the parish priest.

Father Gabriel Romanelli was very close with the late Pope Francis and the two spoke every night since the beginning of Israel’s massacre on Gaza.

The church was damaged in the attack, which witnesses said appeared to be an Israeli tank shelling.

Fr Romanelli had earlier said that no one was killed in the Israeli assault, but doctors at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City said two women had died.

Footage published by Palestinian photographer Abdalaziz Khalil shows the priest being treated for his injuries.

His right leg is being bandaged, but otherwise he is believed to be in good condition. 

Italian premier Giorgia Meloni blamed Israel for the church strike, saying: ‘The attacks on the civilian population that Israel has been demonstrating for months are unacceptable.

‘No military action can justify such an attitude.’

Foreign minister Antonio Tajani also described the attack as a ‘serious act against a Christian place of worship,’ adding that it is ‘time to stop and find peace.’

‘The attacks by the Israeli army against the civilian population in Gaza are no longer acceptable,’ he wrote on X.

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Israel has claimed they were striking militant targets in northern Gaza in their latest attack.

Israel has claimed they were striking militant targets in northern Gaza in their latest attack.