A double-strike by Israel that killed five journalists at a hospital in the Gaza Strip has sparked a wave of outrage across the globe, with calls growing for Israel to be held accountable for skyrocketing deaths of members of the press.
On Monday morning, an Israeli strike hit the upper floor of Khan Younis's Nasser Hospital, in southern Gaza. The Reuters news agency said one of its reporters who was operating a live feed of the area, Hussam Al-Masri, was killed in this strike.
After journalists and rescue workers rushed up an external staircase to the scene of the first strike, a second strike hit the staircase itself — an attack captured by multiple news outlets.
At least 20 people were killed in total, most in the second strike, including five journalists who reported for outlets suc