Reuters and the Associated Press issued a joint letter to Israel’s government on Monday night, demanding answers over an Israeli airstrike on a hospital in Gaza that led to the death of 20 people, among them five journalists, including Mariam Dagga and Moaz Abu Taha, who had both worked for AP and Reuters and cameraman Hussam al-Masri, who was a contractor with Reuters.

The letter, signed by Reuters editor-in-chief Alessandra Galloni and AP’s executive editor and svp Julie Pace, called on Israel’s leaders for “a clear explanation for the airstrikes that hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.” The letter added that the news organizations were “outraged that independent journalists were among the victims of this strike on the hospital, a location that is protected under international la

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