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Al-Quds Today journalists were covering events at Al-Awda Hospital when their vehicle was struck.
Five journalists were killed in an Israeli attack near a hospital in central Gaza, according to Palestinian authorities and media reports.
Al-Quds Today journalists were covering events near al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat refugee camp when their broadcast van was hit by an Israeli airstrike, Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif reported early Thursday morning.
Footage of the scene shared on social media shows a vehicle engulfed in flames.
A screenshot from a video of the white van shows the word “press” in large red letters on the back of the vehicle.
The names of the deceased journalists are Fadi Hassouna, Ibrahim al-Sheikh Ali, Mohammed al-Ladah, Faisal Abu al-Qumsan and Ayman al-Jadi.
Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif said Ayman al-Jadi was waiting for his wife outside the hospital while she was in labor to give birth to their first child.
BREAKING: Five journalists died after their vehicle was burned in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Quds Today broadcaster’s van while they were covering events near Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/oiAmxgZwO5
– Anas Al-Sharif (@AnasAlSharif0) December 26, 2024
Civil defense teams recovered the victims’ bodies and extinguished a fire at the scene, the Quds News Network said.
There was no immediate comment from Israeli authorities.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) earlier this month condemned Israel’s killing of four Palestinian journalists in a week and called on the international community to hold the country accountable for its attacks on the media.
According to CPJ, at least 141 journalists have been killed in Israel’s war in Gaza since October 7, 2023.
