Mourners carry the body of Palestinian camera operator Hussam Al-Masri, who was a contractor for Reuters, after he was killed along with other journalists and people in Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 25, 2025. (Photo: Reuters/Stringer)
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New York, August 25, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Israeli strikes that killed five journalists in Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza and calls for the international community to hold Israel accountable for its continued unlawful attacks on the press.
Journalist Hussam Al-Masri, a Reuters contractor; Al Jazeera camera operator Mohammed Salama; Mariam Abu Dagga, freelance photojournalist with Independent Arabia and the Associated Press; freelance journalist Ahmed Abu Aziz, who contributes to Quds Feed; and freelance video journalist Moaz Abu Taha, were among at least 20 people killed in two Israeli strikes on the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on Monday morning. Al-Masri was killed in the first strike, while the others were killed while covering the aftermath of the previous Israeli strike. Journalist Jamal Baddah from Palestine Today TV, photographer Hatem Khaled, a Reuters contractor, and Mohammed Fayeq, a freelance photographer, were injured in the attack.
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