Nasser hospital double-tap massacre

Around 10:10 am, an Israeli strike targeted the upper floors of the Al-Yasin buildings at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis where several journalists were gathered to access internet to perform their work.

As rescue teams and journalists arrived at the scene less than 10 minutes later, Israeli artillery struck them. The massacre led to the killing of 6 journalists who were important sources of documentation in Khan Younis, one doctor, one Civil Defense member, in addition to several relatives of patients.

Three other journalists were wounded, including Reuters' Hatem Omar, Jamal Badah who lost his right leg and sustained shrapnel throughout his whole body, and Mohammed Fayq who requires medical evacuation for treatment outside Gaza.

In addition, at least 7 members of the Civil Defense were injured.

Israeli spin: Israeli media sources reported that there was a camera on the hospital roof that Hamas used to film IDF troops. After initially deciding to carry out a drone airstrike, the IDF's artillery shelled the hospital twice.

In stark contrast, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed the massacre was a "tragic mishap". This elicited outrage from the Golani Brigade who demanded an pology for misrepresenting their strongly coordinated assault auhtorized by their chain of command.

Investigation: Invetsigative journalist Younis Tirawi uncovered that the IDF perpetrated the massacred after being informed by a an Israeli OSINT enthusiast named Rafael Hayun about his suspicion of a camera being installed on the 4th floor of the hospital.

The Sayeret Golani unit received the information which was taken by IDF Lt. Col. Bar Veakart to order a tank from the 36th Division to shell the hospital twice.

However, the suspicous object was in fact a camera apparently used by Reuters and other media teams for live broadcasts from Khan Younis.

Younis found that Reuters had aired live coverage only four days prior from the exact spot. It was simply covered in white to protect the equipment from heat. Investigative journalist Aric Toler from the New York Times also confirmed that not only Reuters but also the Associate Press streamed from the same staircase location.

Subseqent investiations published by AP, Sky news, and CNN all corroborated Younis Tirawi's findings.

Foreign medical staff warned: American nurse Amanda Nasser who was volunteering at the hospital, as well as Dr. Mimy Sayed who previously volunteered multiple times in Gaza's hospitals both confirmed that international volunteers were pulled out from the hospital by the WHO prior to the Israeli massacre to attend a mandatory training. Given that the training was about gender-based violence, they deemed the timing to be peculiar noting this is training they would typically receive before their arrival, rather than in the latter half of their mission. Even volunteers whose mission was ending the next day were also pulled out to attend the same training.

**Names of the martyrs:

1. Maryam Riyad Muhammad Abu Farhana "Abu Dagga" (journalist)
2. Moaz Abu Taha (journalist)
3. Muhammad Saber Ibrahim Salama (journalist)
4. Hussam Atiya Abdurahman Al-Masri (journalist)
5. Imad Abdulhakim Ali Al-Shaer (firefighter)
6. Muhammad Mansour Jumua Al-Ajili (nurse)
7. Ahmad Muhammad Suleiman Abu Is'haq
8. Hisham Tayseer Ibrahim Quweider
9. Muhammad Mahmoud Ismail Al-Habibi
10. Salahuddin Yusuf Mohsen Barbakh
11. Jum'a Khaled Jum'a Al-Najjar
12. Muhammad Ahmad Salem Abu Haddaf
13. Ahmad Hazem Ahmad Shaheen
14. Ayman Mustafa Hamdan Fseifes
15. Abdullah Ahmad Amer
16. Ahmad Abu Aziz (journalist)
17. Muhammad Jalal Muhammad Abu Anza
18. Tahreer Adel Abu Jamii
19. Yusuf Sameer Abu Latifa
20. Omar Kamal Abu Teim