DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — The Israeli military said Tuesday that its double strike on a Gaza hospital targeted what it believed was a Hamas surveillance camera. But the first strike killed a cameraman from the Reuters news agency doing a live television shot, according to witnesses and health officials.

The military released its initial findings into the strike that killed 20 people, including five journalists. It claimed without providing evidence that six of those killed were Hamas militants, but two were identified by their employers as a health care worker at the hospital and an emergency services driver.

The military said the back-to-back strikes on southern Gaza’s largest hospital were ordered because soldiers believed militants were using the camera to observe Israeli forces. Bu

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