2025 Nasser Hospital strike

Overview

On 25 August 2025, an Israel Defense Forces double tap strike hit the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, killing 22 people, including 5 journalists. Among the journalists killed were the following: Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters cameraman; Mariam Dagga, a freelance journalist for Associated Press; Mohammed Salama, an Al Jazeera cameraman; Moaz Abu Taha, a freelance photographer who also was working with Reuters, and Ahmed Abu Aziz, a correspondent for Middle East Eye and Quds News Network.

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Significance

An Israeli double-tap strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis on 25 August 2025 killed 22 people, among them five journalists embedded at or near the facility: a Reuters cameraman, an Associated Press freelance journalist, an Al Jazeera cameraman, a Reuters-affiliated freelance photographer, and a correspondent working for Middle East Eye and Quds News Network. The strike drew immediate international attention to press casualties in the Gaza War, concentrating scrutiny on the protection of media personnel and medical infrastructure under the laws of armed conflict. The death of correspondents representing multiple major international outlets in a single incident represented one of the highest single-day journalist tolls of the conflict and intensified existing debates over Israeli targeting practices in densely populated areas of the Gaza Strip.