Mariam Abu Daqqa, Moaz Abu Taha, Mohamed Salama, Hussam Al-Masri, and Ahmed Abu Aziz.
The fallen journalists were Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammed Salama; cameraman Hussam Al-Masri, a Reuters contractor; Mariam Abu Daqqa, 33, a visual journalist who freelanced for the AP since the start of the war; journalist Moaz Abu Taha; and journalist Ahmed Abu Aziz.
The Israeli airstrike also killed another 15 Palestinians and left dozens wounded.
Local sources said the Israeli airstrike hit the fourth floor of Nasser Hospital, followed by a second strike with a suicide drone on the Yassin building inside the complex, while rescue teams were retrieving victims from the first bombardment.
Civil defence teams reported that one of their members was killed and seven others wounded while attempting to rescue the injured and recover bodies from the site.
Moreover, photographer Hatem Khaled, who was also a Reuters contractor, was wounded, the officials said.
The killing of the four journalists in Khan Younis comes two weeks after an Israeli airstrike targeted and killed five Al Jazeera journalists and a sixth freelance journalist, in their tent outside Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
Various world capitals and journalist rights groups have repeatedly condemned the Israeli targeting of Palestinian journalists covering the war, but to no avail.
The killing of four more journalists on Monday has brought up the number of journalists targeted and killed by Israel during its 22-month-long war on Gaza to nearly 244.
The Gaza government media office urged the international community, media organizations, and press unions worldwide to condemn Israel’s crimes, pursue accountability through international courts, and take serious measures to protect journalists in Gaza.
The assault on Nasser Medical Complex comes as the UN warns of the imminent collapse of Gaza’s health system due to Israel's relentless bombardment of hospitals and healthcare facilities since the start of its genocidal war on the strip in October 2023.
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