At least five reporters from the Al Quds television network, linked to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), have died in a bombing carried out in the early hours of this Thursday by the Israeli Army in front of the Al Auda hospital, located in the camp. of refugees from Nuseirat, in the center of the Gaza Strip.
The channel itself has confirmed through its profile on the Telegram channel the death of Faisal abu al Qumsan, Auman al Yadi, Ibrahim Seij Ali, Fadi Hasuna and Mauhmad al Lada, in an attack against the “external transmission vehicle in the Nuseirat camp, while fulfilling their journalistic and humanitarian duty.
“This Zionist crime adds to the series of crimes of the occupation against journalists and to the war of extermination against our struggling Palestinian people. And we at the Al Quds TV channel, while we mourn the loss (…), we affirm that we continue with our media message of resistance,” reads a statement.
Furthermore, as a result of the explosion, which left damage to the hospital, a doctor was seriously injured while working, according to the Palestinian newspaper ‘Filastín’, also linked to the group.
For its part, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have indicated that their fighters carried out a “selective attack” during the night against “a vehicle in which a squadron of the Islamic Jihad terrorist organization was located.”