Israel Bombs Tent of Journalists

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) dropped a bomb on a tent sheltering journalists covering the situation at the Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. 

On Monday, journalist Haydar Ibrahim al-Msaddar and several others experienced serious injuries when an Israeli munition hit a tent near the hospital in central Gaza. Youssef al-Hindi, a rescue worker, told Middle East Eye, “All the contents in the tent are journalistic equipment.” 

According to the Gaza Media Ministry, Msaddar is the 163rd journalist killed over the past nine months, a rate of over four reporters a week. The mass killing of journalists has left a shroud over the situation in Gaza and has allowed Tel Aviv to hide many of its war crimes in the Strip. 

Msaddar is one of the over 50 people killed across Gaza on Monday. At least 39,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli onslaught over the past nine months. 

A doctor at the Al-Aqsa Hospital said it was the second time an Israeli has recently stuck a tent near the facility. Khalil al-Dakran told Middle East Eye, “This shows the continuation of the genocide and the massacres in the Gaza Strip. That is very dangerous because hospitals provide health services while citizens are being targeted.”

Tel Aviv has often bombed civilian facilities in Gaza, claiming that members of Hamas are present. Israeli officials have authorized their forces to kill scores of civilians if they are targeting a member of an armed Palestinian group.