Headline Roundup • August 25th, 2025
IDF Strike on Gaza Hospital Kills at Least 20, Including 5 Journalists
Summary from the AllSides News Team
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck Nasser Hospital in Gaza twice on Monday, resulting in at least 20 fatalities that included 5 journalists.
The Details: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the strike a “tragic mishap” that would be investigated. Journalists from both Associated Press (Left bias) and Reuters (Center) were among the individuals killed.
Key Quotes: The IDF stated it “regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals and does not target journalists as such. The IDF acts to mitigate harm to uninvolved individuals as much as possible while maintaining the safety of IDF troops.” President Donald Trump said, “Well, I’m not happy about it. I don't want to see it. At the same time, we have to end that whole nightmare.”
How The Media Covered It: News media across the political spectrum highlighted the journalists’ deaths most prominently. Media widely covered the IDF statement, but New York Post (Lean Right) featured it in its headline and led its coverage with IDF’s claim “insisting it was not targeting journalists or civilians killed in the blast.” Associated Press and Reuters both highlighted their journalists who were killed. Reuters also noted, “Israel has barred all foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip since the start of the war in 2023.” AP called the Israel-Hamas War “one of the deadliest” for journalists and said, “Israel has killed nearly 200 Palestinian journalists since the war began.” The outlet noted in a correction that “Israel has provided some evidence of [Hamas] militants operating in and around some of the hospitals it has raided.”
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Israel said it is investigating how an airstrike hit one of Gaza’s main hospitals on Monday, insisting it was not targeting journalists or civilians killed in the blast.
Israel’s chief of the general staff has already ordered an inquiry after multiple missiles hit the Nasser Hospital — the largest in southern Gaza — on Monday. Hamas-tied Palestinian health officials said that at least 20 people were killed, including four journalists.
“The IDF regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals and does not target journalists as such,” the Israel Defence Forces (IDF)...
Israel struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others.
Cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a Reuters contractor, was killed near a live broadcasting position operated by Reuters on an upper floor just below the roof of the hospital in Khan Younis in an initial strike, Palestinian health officials said.
Officials at the hospital and witnesses said Israel then struck the site a second time, killing other journalists as well...
Israel struck one of the main hospitals in the Gaza Strip with a missile Monday and then fired another as journalists and rescue workers rushed to the scene, killing at least 20 people and wounding scores more, local health workers said.
It was among the deadliest of several Israeli strikes that have hit both hospitals and journalists over the course of the 22-month war sparked by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, and the attack came as Israel plans to widen its offensive to heavily populated areas.
The first strike hit...
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