UN demands justice over Israeli double strike on Gaza hospital | BBC News

The UN has said "there needs to be justice" following Israel’s double strike on a Gaza hospital which killed at least 20 people, as an initial Israeli military probe said the strike had targeted a "camera positioned by Hamas".

The Israeli attack on Nasser hospital in Khan Younis on Monday saw an initial strike kill at least one person, a Reuters cameraman who was operating a live TV feed from a staircase on the side of the hospital building. A second strike in the same location about 10 minutes later hit journalists and rescuers who were attending the scene.

Condemnation of the attack, whose victims included five journalists and four health workers, has been mounting, with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer describing it as "completely indefensible".

On Tuesday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released its initial inquiry, which identified several "gaps" for further investigation.

In its statement, the IDF said it identified a camera positioned by Hamas in the area of the hospital "used to observe the activity of IDF troops", without providing evidence.

"The troops operated to remove the threat by striking and dismantling the camera," the statement said. It alleged that six of those killed were "terrorists". A military spokesperson later said that journalists working for Reuters and the Associated Press had not been a target.

The IDF report appears to be a shift in tone from Prime Minister Netanyahu’s statement on Monday evening, which characterised the incident as a "tragic mishap".

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