Why did the Israeli army attack balconies from the Nasser Hospital in Gaza several times in a row? That question asks The New York Times Sunday in a video Who compiled the American newspaper from images of the Israeli attack at the hospital last Monday.
In that attack, Israel certainly killed 20 people, including five journalists and four rescue workers. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the attack a “tragic mistake,” but analyzes of The New York Times And BBC question that story.
The video images show how the hospital is not attacked in its entirety, but in two specific places: one balcony on a corner of the hospital was hit – at the top of an external stairwell – and another stairwell on another side of the building.
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The first balcony, with a view over the city, was known as a place from which journalists filmed and where they came together. Among other things, the large international press agencies Reuters and AP sins live streams from the balcony. Journalists, care providers and hospitals are not allowed to be attacked under war law.
The visual material of The New York Times shows how after the first attack, people started the stairs and started a hurried rescue operation, without “sign of a military threat.”
Nine minutes after the first attack, after journalists and care providers were climbed the outside staircase towards the balcony, the place again became the target of two Israeli projectiles, so quickly that it seemed to be a hurry. BBC pulled earlier the same conclusions After an analysis of camera images from different angles. Most people on the stairs were killed in the second attack.
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The Israeli army said it wanted to touch a security camera that Hamas used to keep an eye on Israeli soldiers, although it did not give any evidence for that. According to The New York Times Can’t see a security camera around the balcony. It would be one camera; It is unclear why two different staircases of the hospital were attacked. The Israeli army has not yet acknowledged that it carried out more than one attack at the hospital.
According to the newspaper, the attack was carried out by the Golani Brigade of the Israeli army. In March, that brigade also attacked a column of auxiliary vehicles, killing fifteen care providers. The deputy commander of the brigade was then fired.
The Gaza war is one of the deadliest modern wars for both journalists and medical staff. According to The United Nations at least 247 journalists were already killed since October 7, 2023. In July reported the UNbased on figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, that at least 1,581 care providers were killed.
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Many world leaders, human rights organizations and citizens have been critical of the attack. Israel says it has started an investigation, but from a report from the Israeli human rights organization Yesh Din Last year it turned out that that kind of investigation almost never leads to legal action. In just 1 of 664 investigations, prosecution was made.
On Saturday, Israelis and Palestinians protested in the streets of the Israeli city of Nazareth against the death of journalists in the Gaza War. Many wore press jackets or stickers with ‘Press’ on it, reports AP news agency. Texts could be read on banners as ‘Journalism is not a crime’ and ‘Stop killing the truth’.
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