Five journalists among 20 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza hospital: civil defence

Gaza's civil defence agency said five journalists were among at least 20 people killed Monday when Israeli strikes hit a hospital in the south, with Reuters, the Associated Press and Al Jazeera mourning their slain contributors. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said "the toll so far is 20 martyrs, including five journalists and one member of the civil defence," after strikes hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis -- a large medical complex in the south that has been targeted several times by Israel sin