A double Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza leaves at least 20 dead, four of them journalists.

BarcelonaFifteen days after Israel murdered Four journalists from the Qatari network Al-JazeeraThe Israeli armed forces have once again killed those who bear witness to their systematic genocide in Gaza. This time, in a double attack against Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, which has left at least 20 dead, according to sources from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry, who confirmed to Efe.

Among the victims are two journalists working for Al Jazeera, a Reuters news agency contributor, and a contributor to the American network NBC. Also killed were members of the Civil Defense team who were trying to rescue the wounded from the first drone attack. Nasser Hospital has thus once again become the target of Israeli army bombing, according to local and international media reports. The center, which has a maternity ward and intensive care units, was already operating at its limit due to the large influx of wounded and displaced patients, and is once again partially inoperative after Monday's bombing.

According to information collected by Al Jazeera, the names of the four deceased journalists, all freelancers, are: Hossam al-Masri (Reuters photojournalist). The agency confirmed that he worked for it; Mohammed Salama (Al Jazeera photojournalist); Mariam Abu Daqa (documentary filmmaker and journalist for various media outlets, including The Independent Arabic and Associated Press, who also confirmed he worked for the agency) and Moaz Abu Taha (NBC). Reuters also confirmed that another of its collaborators, photographer Hatem Khaled, is one of the injured.

According to the videos released of the attack, two Israeli drones each carried out attacks on the top floor of the fire escape stairs of the Al Yassine building of the hospital, from where journalists broadcast live almost every day for international news, taking advantage of the best conditions.

The account of the events is especially shocking. Hossam el Masri was on the hospital roof when the first Israeli device loaded with explosives hit and killed him, and also killed another civilian. Immediately, other journalists, patients and members of the Civil Defense teams approached them to assist the victims and check the extent of the damage. At that moment, a second attack hit exactly the same spot and caused more deaths and injuries. The scene was recorded and broadcast live on local and regional channels.

The images of this second attack, which we offer you in this recording, are extremely gruesome and capture the moment when several journalists and rescue team members were killed by Benjamin Netanyahu's army. According to medical sources, in addition to the 20 fatalities, dozens were wounded.

The operation against Nasser Hospital—on which the IDF has yet to comment—is based on the so-called "double strike" technique, a technique widely used by the Israeli army in recent months. The method aims to kill and destroy not only the people and the place where the first impact occurred, but also seeks to end the lives of those who assisted in the first emergency response at the site of the original explosion.

The death toll of news professionals in Gaza since the start of the war has now exceeded 240, making this conflict the deadliest for news professionals in decades. However, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has documented a lower figure, around 180. In any case, the fact that the organization itself has reported that journalists have been the direct targets of Israeli attacks on at least 26 occasions demonstrates that this is by no means a pattern of intent to silence them.

The case of the death of the renownedPalestinian reporter Anas al Sharif, known as "the voice of Gaza," in the aforementioned bundle from two weeks ago, demonstrates this.

Several human rights organizations and press associations have reiterated their urgent call to the international community in recent months to guarantee the safety of journalists in Gaza, but so far their demands have been ignored. The repeated attacks on medical centers and the repeated deaths of journalists have caused profound shock among the Palestinian news community, which says it lives in a state of permanent vulnerability. "It's a very hard day for journalists. Every week we mourn the death of our colleagues. There is no protection for us," a visibly emotional Al Jazeera reporter denounced live on air.