DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel struck southern Gaza ’s main hospital with a missile and then fired another as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, killing at least 20 people, local health workers said Monday.

The first strike hit a top floor of a building at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Minutes later, as journalists and rescuers in orange vests rushed up an external staircase, a second missile hit the same spot, said Dr. Ahmed al-Farra, head of Nasser’s pediatrics department.

Among those killed was 33-year-old Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who had worked for The Associated Press. Dagga regularly reported for multiple outlets from the hospital, including a recent story for the AP on doctors struggling to save children from starvation .

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