Graphic content / Palestinian medics bring an injured civil defence member at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on August 25, 2025, following Israeli air strikes. Israeli strikes on the hospital killed at least 15 people on August 25, including four journalists and one civil defence member. (Photo by AFP)
Doha, Qatar: At least four Palestinian journalists among 15 people were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Al Nasr Medical Complex in southern Gaza, Al-Jazeera reports.
One of the martyrs is a reporter for Al-Jazeera media network, which has been a consistent target for the relentless deliberate murder campaign Israel has been launching against journalists in Gaza and other international bodies.
Palestinians gather outside Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 25, 2025, following Israeli strikes. Photo by AFP.
According to Jazeera reporter, Hind Khoudary, the events unfolded as follows:
The Israeli forces launched an explosive suicide drone, where it hit the rooftop of Nasser hospital where at least a journalist was killed.
As the civil defence teams rushed to retrieve the body and rescue the wounded, the Israeli forces targeted the same place again, which was documented on air due to the presence of journalists in the vicinity.
Khoudary added that not just the journalists that were covering this have been killed and wounded, the Civil defence teams that were trying to retrieve the bodies of those who were killed were also killed.
Graphic content / People help Palestinian photojournalist Hatem Omar, who was injured in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 25, 2025. Photo by AFP.
The journalists killed were identified as Palestine TV cameraman Hossam Al Masry, Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammed Salama, Maryam Abu Daqqa, and Moaz Abu Taha. Several other journalists were also reported injured.
Nasser Hospital, the largest medical facility in southern Gaza, has endured repeated raids and bombardments over the course of 22 months of conflict, despite critical shortages of staff and medical supplies.
