Five journalists among 20 killed in strike on Gaza hospital

20名死者中有5名记者,系加沙医院遭袭击所致。

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2025-08-26

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The Israeli prime minister has expressed deep regret at what he called a tragic mishap at a hospital in southern Gaza, in which at least 20 people were killed. Five journalists were among the dead as a result of an Israeli strike on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis. We speak to a journalist who knew one of those killed, Mariam Dagga. Also in the programme: As the Russian army edges forward into eastern Ukraine, we'll hear from people living on the frontline; and why an American reality TV dating show has a booming fanbase in Nigeria. (Photo: Freelance journalist Mariam Dagga, 33, who had been working with the Associated Press and other outlets since the start of the Gaza war, poses for a portrait in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, June 14, 2024. She was among those killed Monday in an Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Credit: AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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  • Hello and welcome to the programme.

  • This is NewsHour from the BBC World Service coming to you live from London.

  • I'm Paul Henley.

  • The head of the World Health Organisation has called on Israel to stop attacks on healthcare centres.

  • after strikes on Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza reportedly killed at least 20 people today,

  • including five journalists.

  • Britain's foreign minister said he was horrified.

  • The Israeli military has issued a statement saying it regrets any harm to what it called uninvolved individuals,

  • but that it does not target journalists.

  • In video from the scene, a doctor standing at an entrance to what is the second largest,

  • the largest rather, remaining functioning hospital in southern Gaza,

  • holds up bloodied clothes to show journalists following the first strike.

  • Suddenly, there is a second explosion, sending people running for cover as glass shatters.

  • Dr Mohamed Saka is director of nursing at Nasser Hospital.

  • He was that doctor speaking to journalists at the time of the second strike.

  • I was in front of the emergency department of Nasser Medical Complex.

  • I was holding a uniform of a female nurse.

  • She was attacked by the first air strike.

  • Her uniform was full of blood and a lot of penetrating shrapnels.

  • I was holding this uniform and talking to the journalists,