‘When is it going to end?’: World reacts as Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills 20, including 5 journalists

Several world leaders and bodies criticised the strike at the Nasser hospital in Gaza, which Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said the country “deeply regrets.”

Israel’s double attack on Nasser Hospital in Gaza, which killed 20, including several journalists and health workers, has attracted widespread condemnation from around the world.

Mourners react next to the bodies of journalists Moaz Abu Taha, Hussam al-Masri, who was a contractor for Reuters, and Mohammed Salama, who Qatar-based Al Jazeera said worked for the broadcaster, after they were killed in Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.(REUTERS)

Several world leaders and bodies criticised the strike at the hospital, which Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country “deeply regrets.” He also said that an investigation would be launched into the strike. The IDF also issued a statement saying it does not “intentionally target civilians”.

World condemns Israel’s double attack on Nasser Hospital

• UN Secretary General António Guterres strongly condemned the "horrific killings" at Nasser hospital in the Israeli attack, which he said "highlight the extreme risks that medical personnel and journalists face as they carry out their vital work amid this brutal conflict", and called for a "prompt and impartial investigation".
• UK foreign secretary David Lammy also condemned the Israeli strikes on the hospital, saying that he was "horrified". Lammy also called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
• French President Emmanuel Macron called the strikes "intolerable" and said civilians and journalists must be protected. He renewed the call for humanitarian aid to be allowed inside Gaza and for Israel "to respect international law".
• Germany's foreign office issued a statement reacting to the Israeli attacks on Nasser Hospital and said that it was "shocked".
• US President Donald Trump said that he was unaware of the strikes on the hospital in Gaza. The reporters pressed on for his reaction to the attacks, to which the Republican said that he was "not happy about it".
• China said it was "shocked" by an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital in which five journalists were among at least 20 people killed. "We are shocked and condemn the fact that medical personnel and journalists have once again unfortunately lost their lives in the conflict," foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said when asked about the strikes. "We express our condolences to the victims and our sympathies to their families."

Media bodies react to Israeli strike, raise concerns over targeting of journalists

• Several media bodies from around the world condemned the Israeli double attack on Nasser Hospital that killed five journalists. Reporters without Borders head Thibaut Bruttin asked when the killings are going to end.