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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Five Palestinian journalists were killed in an Israeli attack outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said early Thursday. The Israeli military said it targeted a group of militants.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli attack kills five Palestinian journalists outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip at night, the Health Ministry said early Thursday. The Israeli military said it targeted a group of militants.
The attack hit a car outside Al-Awda Hospital in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in the central part of the territory. The journalists worked for the local Quds News Network, which also reported on the strike.
The military said it was targeting a group of fighters from Islamic Jihad, a militant group affiliated with Hamas, whose Oct. 7, 2023 attack in southern Israel ignited the war.
The Committee to Protect Journalists says more than 130 Palestinian reporters have been killed since the war began. Israel has not allowed foreign reporters to enter Gaza except on a military basis.
The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed across the border in a surprise attack on nearby army bases and farming communities. They killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapped about 250. There are still about 100 hostages in Gaza, at least a third of whom are believed to be dead.
More than 45,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s air and ground offensive, according to the Health Ministry. It says more than half of the fatalities were women and children, but it does not say how many of the dead were fighters.
The offensive has caused widespread destruction and displaced about 90% of the country’s 2.3 million residents. houses. Hundreds of thousands are crammed into squalid tent camps along the coast, with little protection against the cold, wet winter.
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