‘Hamas camera in vicinity’, claims Israeli military after Gaza hospital strike kills 20 | World News

The Israeli military on Tuesday said that a strike on a Gaza hospital a day earlier was targeting a Hamas surveillance camera.
‘Aimed at Hamas surveillance camera’
The Israeli military said its preliminary investigation into the strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis was aimed at what military officials believed was a Hamas surveillance camera, as well as people they identified as militants.
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 and because Israel has long believed Hamas and other militant groups are present at hospitals.
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Gaza Hospital strike
20 people, including five journals, were killed in one of the deadliest strikes in recent times Israel in Gaza on Monday.
In this family handout photo, Riyad Dagga, center, and other relatives and friends pray over the body of his daughter, freelance journal Mariam Dagga, 33, during her funeral after she was killed in a double Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. AP
Most of those killed died after rushing to the scene of the first blast, only to be hit a second strike — an attack captured on television several networks.
Netanyahu called it tragic mishap
The strike sparked shock and outrage among Palestinians, press freedom advocates and world leaders, who called for Israel to be held accountable.
Amid international outcry, Israeli Prime Miner Benjamin Netanyahu called it a “tragic mishap” and said the military would investigate.Story continues below this ad
189 journals killed in Gaza
Since the war began in Gaza in October 2023, a total of 189 Palestinian journals have been killed, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journals.
They include men and women, freelancers and staffers, veterans with years in the field and young reporters on some of their first assignments.
Some were killed with their families at home, others were in vehicles marked “PRESS,” or in tents near hospitals, or out covering the violence.