Associated Press reporting into an Israeli attack on a Gaza Strip hospital last week that killed 22 people, including five journalists, raises serious questions about Israel's rationale for the strikes and the way they were carried out.

Among those killed in the Aug. 25 attack was 33-year-old Mariam Dagga, who worked for the AP and other news organizations.

Israeli forces struck a position well known as a journalists' gathering point, because — a military official said — they believed a camera on the roof was being used by Hamas to observe troops.

The official cited "suspicious behaviour" and unspecified intelligence, but the only detail given was that there was a towel on the camera and the person with it — which the army interpreted as an effort to avoid identification.

The AP has

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