Israel kills 5 journalists in latest Gaza attacks as three babies freeze to death
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Babies die from hypothermia as temperatures plummet in makeshift camps. Ten people, including five journalists, were killed and 20 wounded in Israel’s latest attacks on Gaza, Palestinian authorities said. The journalists from the Al-Quds Today channel were killed in an airstrike at al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp, Al Jazeera reported.
The strike hit their broadcasting van, which was clearly marked “press”, the outlet said. The slain were identified as Fadi Hassouna, Ibrahim al-Sheikh Ali, Mohammed al-Ladah, Faisal Abu al-Qumsan, and Ayman al-Jadi. Jadi’s wife was reportedly in the hospital at the time and in labour with their first child.
According to the Quds News Network, civil defence teams recovered the bodies of the victims and put out a fire at the scene. The journalists were reportedly sleeping in the vehicle at the time of the airstrike. The Israeli military said its aircraft carried out a “targeted” attack on the vehicle as it contained members of the Islamic Jihad militant group.
“Prior to the attack, many steps were taken to reduce the chance of harming civilians, including the use of precision weapons, aerial observations, and additional intelligence information,” the military said in a post on X. Another Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood killed five people and wounded 20, the medics reported. They warned the death toll could rise as many people remained trapped under the rubble.
