A day after the strike killed 20 people, including five journalists, the Israeli military said its initial inquiry found that militants had placed an observation camera in the area. It provided no evidence.

Several journalists are reported to be among the dead in the attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

At least 14 Palestinians, including four photojournalists, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on a hospital in southern Gaza's Khan Yunis, hospital officials told Al Jazeera.