Dear MEL Topic Readers,
New video reveals third strike in deadly ‘double-tap’ attack on Gaza
hospital
On Monday, the 25th of this month, a shell fired by an Israeli
tank struck a balcony of the biggest hospital in southern Gaza, targeting a journalist’s
camera. Nine minutes later, while first responders, including civil defense workers
and other journalists, were attending to the victim, the second and third
strikes hit the staircase. At least 22 people, including health workers,
emergency response crews, and five journalists, were killed by the attacks. This
practice of following a strike with a second strike several minutes later is
called a “double-tap” strike, intending
to hit emergency responders and medical personnel rushing to the site. Targeting
civilians, the wounded, and those who cannot keep fighting is prohibited by the
Geneva Conventions of 1949. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it doesn’t
intentionally target civilians.
Watch the images and read the article to learn how journalists and
rescue workers were killed at the largest hospital in southern Gaza.
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