Journalist killed as Israel strikes Gaza hospital holding ‘significant Hamas terrorists'
Israel hit a Gaza hospital, killing a journalist.
The hospital was a Hamas command and control centre, according to the Israeli military.
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the strike.
The Israeli military said it struck a Gaza hospital housing Hamas militants in a raid on Tuesday that, according to the Palestinian group, killed a journalist wounded in an Israeli attack in April.
The strike, which Hamas said happened at dawn, ended a brief pause in fighting to allow the release of a US-Israeli hostage.
The military said in a Telegram post that 'significant Hamas terrorists' had been 'operating from within a command and control centre' at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza's main city.
'The compound was used by the terrorists to plan and execute terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF (army) troops,' it said.
In a statement, Hamas said the strike killed a journalist and wounded a number of civilians.
'The Israeli army bombed the surgeries building at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis at dawn on Tuesday, killing journalist Hassan Aslih,' said Gaza civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal.
Aslih, head of the Alam24 news outlet, had been at the hospital for treatment after being wounded in a strike on 7 April, he told AFP.
Two other journalists, Ahmed Mansur and Hilmi al-Faqaawi, were killed in that bombing, according to reports at the time.
The Israeli military said the April strike had targeted Aslih, alleging he operated for Hamas 'under the guise of a journalist'.
It said Aslih had 'infiltrated Israeli territory and participated in the murderous massacre carried out by the Hamas terrorist organisation' on 7 October 2023.
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the strike.
It said Aslih had worked for international media outlets until 2023, when the pro-Israeli watchdog HonestReporting published a photo of him being kissed by then-Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
The CPJ says at least 178 journalists and media workers have been killed in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, Israel and Lebanon since the start of the war.
Israel had paused military operations in Gaza to allow for the release of Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old US-Israeli soldier who had been held hostage since October 2023.
Alexander, believed to be the last surviving hostage with US citizenship, was released on Monday ahead of a Middle East visit by US President Donald Trump.
Israel resumed its military offensive in Gaza on 18 March after a two-month truce in its war against Hamas, which was triggered by the Palestinian group's 7 October attack.
The attack on southern Israel resulted in the deaths of 1 218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday at least 2 749 people have been killed since Israel resumed its campaign, bringing the overall death toll since the war broke out to 52 862.
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