Israel's military issued a statement Tuesday saying its preliminary investigation into a strike the previous day that killed at least 20 people, including five journalists , at the Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip had targeted a camera that it said was being used by Hamas for surveillance.

The Israel Defense Forces said troops in Khan Younis identified a camera "being used to observe the activity of IDF troops, in order to direct terrorist activities against them."

The IDF did not provide evidence to back the assertion, but said it was "further supported" by previously documented Hamas usage of hospitals "by the terrorist organizations throughout the war, and by intelligence confirming Hamas' use of the Nasser Hospital to carry out terrorist activities since the start of th

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