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Israel alleges that there was "a Hamas camera" in the hospital in Gaza that killed 20 people, including five journalists

The Israeli Army has submitted an "initial investigation" into what happened on Monday, but has offered no evidence to prove its defence.
26 August 2025, Palestinian Territories, Khan Younis: Palestinians carry the body of a journalist who was killed in an Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Gaza's civil defence agency said five journalists were killed among at least 20 other people. Photo: Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa - ATTENTION: graphic content



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Palestinians take the body of a journalist killed in the bombing of the hospital. Photo: Europa Press

On Tuesday, the Israeli Army published what it has called an initial "initial investigation" into the double attack on the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, in which 20 people, including five journalists, were killed, and Israel argues that the troops found a "camera installed by Hamas" in the vicinity of the hospital to "observe the activity of the troops and conduct terrorist activities", but has offered no evidence.

Asked by the EFE news agency, a spokesman for the soldiers has said that he cannot clarify whether the Army means that a Hamas militia allegedly left a camera in the building and fled, or accuses the cameraman of the British agency Reuters, killed in the attack, of belonging to Islamists.

CIUDAD DE GAZA (GAZA Y CISJORDANIA), 25/08/2025.- El número de periodistas asesinados este lunes en el bombardeo israelí contra el Hospital Nasser, en el sur de Gaza, aumentó a cinco, después de que un reportero independiente, que trabajaba para diferentes medios, sucumbiera a sus heridas. EFE/ Ahmad Awad
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The cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, died on Monday while recording live attacks on stairs on the last floor of the Nasser hospital. In a second bombing, Israel killed other journalists and rescuers.

In addition, Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir has said that six of those killed on Monday, all men, were "Hamas or Jihad militiamen," but no evidence has been provided.

The attack was a two-stage bombing called a "double strike," an illegal technique under international law that seeks to cause casualties among civilians who come to evacuate and rescue potential victims of a first bombing.

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