Hassan Eslaih has been killed in Nasser Hospital throughout therapy for accidents sustained within the earlier Israeli assault.
Israel’s military has admitted to finishing up “a focused assault” on the Nasser Medical Advanced within the metropolis of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing two folks, together with Palestinian journalist Hassan Eslaih.
Gaza’s Authorities Media Workplace on Tuesday confirmed the killing of Eslaih, who was receiving therapy on the hospital’s burn unit for extreme accidents sustained throughout an April 7 Israeli strike on a media tent situated subsequent to the hospital.
The AFP information company footage from Nasser Hospital after Tuesday’s strike confirmed smoke rising from the power as rescuers searched by the rubble by the sunshine of torches.
A hospital employee who gave his identify as Abu Ghali stated the Israeli bombardment “doesn’t differentiate between civilians and army targets”.
“It is a civilian hospital that receives injured folks across the clock,” he advised AFP.
Eslaih was the director of the Alam24 Information Company and a freelancer who contributed to worldwide information organisations, together with images of the Hamas-led October 7 assault.
Israel has claimed Eslaih was a Hamas fighter who participated within the October 7 assault, an allegation he vehemently denied.
Dozens of journalists killed
No less than 178 journalists and media staff have been killed in Palestine, Israel, and Lebanon for the reason that battle started, in line with the Committee to Defend Journalists. Gaza’s Authorities Media Workplace put the demise toll at 215.
Israel’s army stated in a publish on Telegram that the strike focused a Hamas “command and management advanced” on the hospital – the most important in southern Gaza – with out offering additional proof.
“The compound was utilized by the terrorists to plan and execute terrorist assaults towards Israeli civilians and [military] troops,” the publish stated, in what gave the impression to be a reference to Eslaih and Hamas.
Gaza’s Well being Ministry on Tuesday condemned “the repeated concentrating on of hospitals and the pursuit and killing of wounded sufferers inside therapy rooms”, saying it “confirms Israel’s deliberate intent to inflict larger harm to the healthcare system”.
Hospitals in Gaza have been a frequent target of Israeli attacks for the reason that battle started in October 2023, though attacking well being amenities, medical personnel and sufferers is prohibited beneath the 1949 Geneva Conference.
In keeping with officers in Gaza, Israel has bombed and burned at the least 36 hospitals throughout the enclave for the reason that battle erupted.
