Five journalists were killed in an Israeli raid near a hospital in Gaza Gaza News

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Al-Quds Today journalists were covering events at Al-Awda Hospital when their car was bombed.

Five journalists were killed in an Israeli raid near a hospital in central Gaza, according to Palestinian authorities and media reports.

Journalists from Al-Quds Today were covering events near Al Awda Hospital, located in the Nuseirat refugee camp, when their broadcast vehicle was hit by an Israeli airstrike, Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif reported early Thursday morning.

Footage circulated on social media showed a car engulfed in flames.

A screenshot from a video of the white truck shows the word “PRESS” in large red letters on the back of the vehicle.

The deceased journalists are Fadi Hassouna, Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali, Muhammad Al-Ledda, Faisal Abu Al-Qumsan, and Ayman Al-Jadi.

Anas Al-Sharif, Al Jazeera’s correspondent, said that Ayman Al-Jadi was waiting for his wife in front of the hospital while she was giving birth to their first child.

Urgent: Five journalists were martyred after their vehicle was burned in an Israeli air strike that targeted the broadcast vehicle of the “Al-Quds Al-Youm” channel while they were covering events near Al-Awda Hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/oiAmxgZwO5

– Anas Al-Sharif (@AnasAlSharif0) December 26, 2024

Quds News Network said that civil defense teams recovered the bodies of the victims and extinguished a fire at the scene.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli authorities.

The Committee to Protect Journalists earlier this month condemned Israel’s killing of four Palestinian journalists within a week and called on the international community to hold Israel accountable for its attacks against the media.

At least 141 journalists have been killed in the Israeli war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.