By Dr Marwan Asmar
In another vicious onslaught on the truth, Israel has killed five more journalists as it bombed the top half of the Kan Younis Nasser Hospital complex in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday.
More than 10 other Palestinians were killed in the bombing carried out by Israeli planes according to Gaza health authorities and eyewitnesses.
The bombing of the Nasser Hospital Complex is seen as another run-of-the-mill strike which Israel has carried out in the last 22 months on the different parts of the Gaza Strip’s in what is seen as the worst genocide in human history.
The five are Hussam Al-Masri, a photojournalist with Reuters News Agency, Mohammed Salama, a photojournalist with Al Jazeera, Mariam Abu Daqa, a journalist with several media outlets, including Independent Arabia and AP and Moath Abu Taha, a journalist with NBC News. Ahmad Abu Aziz later succumbed to his injuries, raising the journalists’ death toll to five.
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The social media has been rife with the latest bombardment and killing of the journalists who have been active in reporting the Israeli genocide with the journalists including Hossam El-Masry who worked for Reuters, camerman Mohammad Salama who worked for Al Jazeera, independent journalist Mariam Abu Daqqa and journalist Moaz Abu Taha who worked for the NBC network.
The latest onslaught on the hospital is confirmed by the Gaza Ministry of Health which states that other people were injured in the bombings.
The Ministry pointed out the Israeli military hit the fourth floor of one of the complex’s buildings in two airstrikes. It noted that the second strike occurred as rescue teams arrived to evacuate the wounded and recover the dead according to the Anadolu news agency.
The Palestinian Civil Defense said in a statement that a fire engine driver was killed in the strike and seven others from his team were injured as they attempted to rescue victims and recover the bodies.
Israel has made it a point of targetting journalists in its genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. Israeli bombs and drones have killed 244 journalists and media workers. This is not to mention the over 400 journalists it injured.
The Gaza Media Office calls on “the international community, international organizations, and organizations involved in journalism and media in all countries of the world to condemn the crimes of the occupation, deter it, prosecute it in international courts for its ongoing crimes, and bring the occupation’s criminals to justice.”
Dr Asmar is an Amman-based writer and blogs on crossfirearabia.com
25 August 2025
Source: countercurrents.org