Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Two Israeli airstrikes in short succession Monday on the Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza killed at least 20 people, including journalists from several organizations.
Officials from the Hamas-run health ministry said emergency medical personnel and first responders were among the fatalities, with many more people injured.
The emergency response workers and ambulance crews were killed and injured when they were caught in the second strike, a so-called "double-tap," as they rushed to help those hit in the initial strike, according to the hospital, which is in Khan Younis.
The journalists were killed when a hospital balcony, popular with the press because of the view it afforded over the city, was hit. They were named as Al Jazeera cameraman Mohammad Salama, Reuters contractor Hussam Al-Masri, Associated Press stringer Mariam Abu Dagga and freelancer Moath Abu Taha.
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