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Nasser Hospital double strike
A year after Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, in a double strike on Nasser Hospital in Gaza, the perpetrator has not been held to account.
“It’s been a year since Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians”
Israeli officials said the target was a suspected Hamas camera on the roof of Nasser Hospital, and Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri and Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who worked for The Associated Press, were among those killed.
An Israeli soldier, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, told AP that “The army could find no evidence linking the camera, which belonged to al-Masri, to Hamas.”
AP reported that as other journalists, including Dagga, and rescue workers rushed up an external staircase to help the wounded and document what happened, the military struck again, killing 20, and Israel struck the hospital four times using high-explosive tank shells.
MPs press for accountability
In Britain, MPs urged the British government to take tougher action after The Independent, in collaboration with Independent Arabic, investigated the August 25, 2025 attack on Nasser Hospital that killed journalists, medics, and rescuers, including Independent Arabic correspondent in Gaza Maryam Abu Daqqa.
The Independent’s investigation concluded there were possible war crime indicators in the attack, and Sarah Champion, chair of the International Development Committee and Labour MP, called on the British government to ensure compliance with the Geneva Convention and questioned whether journalists can be considered legitimate targets.
Champion said, “Where is our outrage over journalists seemingly becoming a legitimate target? Is this the new reality - that killing civilians, medics and humanitarian workers no longer has consequences?”
Layla Moran, Liberal Democrat MP, said the investigation provides another reason to move forward with a criminal case against Netanyahu and his ministers at the International Criminal Court (ICC), adding that targeting hospitals and journalists has become “far too common.”
Investigations and what’s at risk
The Independent’s findings, as described by Middle East Eye, said the strikes on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza on 25 August 2025 killed 20 people, including Middle East Eye contributors Mohamed Salama and Ahmed Abu Aziz, and that eight minutes later two more projectiles were fired from Israeli tanks at the crowd.
“including the intentional targeting of civilians and the launching of a disproportionate attack”
International law experts told The Independent that the attack raised serious concerns over potential war crimes, including the intentional targeting of civilians and the launching of a disproportionate attack, with the second strike described as of particular concern.
Israel denies committing war crimes in Gaza and has repeatedly said it does not target journalists, while at the time Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the incident as a “tragic mishap.”
AP and Reuters issued a statement Tuesday calling again for Israel to provide a full explanation of the strikes and urged Israel to allow journalists access to Gaza, with AP’s executive editor Julie Pace saying, “The information we have received to date has not lived up to the clear answers and accountability demanded by an incident of this gravity.”