A day and a half after an Israeli "double tap" strike on a Gaza hospital killed five Palestinian journalists along with 15 other medics and civilians, the explanation eventually put forward by the Israel Defence Forces raised more questions than it answered.

The statement said the IDF determined a "camera positioned by Hamas," located on one of the Nasser hospital's top floors, needed to be taken out. So a strike was authorized

In fact, Reuters news agency says the camera that was struck was operated by them, not Hamas, and its feed went blank as the shell hit. The camera operator, Hussam al-Masri, 49, a Reuters contractor who had worked for the agency for 11 years, was one of the first to be killed that day.

Moments later more would follow.

As rescuers, medics and more journalists ar

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