It’s been a year since Israeli soldiers killed 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, in a double strike on a hospital in Gaza . No one has been held accountable.
AP sent detailed questions to the military about the allegations, as well as other questions about the strikes. It didn’t provide a timeline. Family members of Palestinian journalist Hussam al-Masri, who worked as a freelance journalist for Reuters and was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Nasser Hospital building in Khan Younis.
The military didn’t address the questions but said the incident is being examined and findings will be transferred to the Military Advocate General’s Corps to reach a verdict on whether to open a criminal investigation. File | Photo Credit: AP “The division commander then approved an alternative method,” said the soldier, without saying what the method was. “It’s unclear who made the decision to fire tank rounds, which can cause more damage than drone strikes.”
Nasser Hospital a “vital location”
AP reported at the time that one of the six Israel said was linked to Hamas wasn’t on the hospital’s list of casualties and two others were medical or emergency personnel. As other journalists, including Dagga, and rescue workers rushed up an external staircase to help the wounded and document what happened, the military struck again, killing 20 people. Last week, the army announced criminal investigations into two other high-profile attacks by its troops in Gaza: the 2024 killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family, and the 2025 killing of 15 paramedics.
Despite repeated requests by AP , the army hasn’t provided details about the investigation or a timeline for when it could be completed. Rights groups say Israel rarely holds troops accountable for killing Palestinians, pointing to long investigations that rarely lead to prosecution. That, along with the soldier’s account, raises serious questions about Israel’s rationale for the strikes. The first strike killed al-Masri and another person. Based on footage and multiple eyewitnesses, none was armed. In all, Israel struck the hospital four times using high-explosive tank shells. It cleared troops in three other attacks that killed workers from international aid groups.
