Web desk:Five journalists were tragically killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike that targeted their vehicle in Gaza, according to a statement from a local hospital and their news outlet on Thursday.
Gaza health authorities report that recent Israeli airstrikes have resulted in the deaths of multiple individuals, including five journalists, while inflicting injuries on several others in the besieged territory.
In one of the latest attacks on Thursday morning, five journalists were killed after Israeli warplanes struck a vehicle carrying a press crew in front of Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza.
The vehicle, belonging to Al-Quds Today Television, was parked outside Al-Awda Hospital when it was hit, according to the hospital.
The Gaza-based television channel is affiliated with the Palestine Islamic Jihad militant group.
The vehicle was marked as a media van and was used by journalists to report from inside the hospital and Nuseirat camp, Palestinian media and local reporters said.
Earlier, at least five people were killed and 30 others were injured after Israeli warplanes bombed a Palestinian home in Gaza City’s al-Zaytoun neighborhood, the medics reported.