Reuters, AP Issue Joint Letter to Israel Demanding Answers Over Journalists KILLED IN HOSPITAL AIRSTRIKE: “WE ARE OUTRATED”

Reuters and the Associated Press Issued A Joint Letter to Israel’s Government on Monday Night, Demanding Answers Over An Israeli Airstrike on a Hospital in Gaza in Journalists, Including Mariam Dagga and Moaz Abu Taha, Who Have Both Worked for Ap and Reuters and Cameraman Hussam AL-MASRI, WHO WAS A Contractor With Reuts.

The Letter, Signed by Reuters Editor-In-CHIEF ALESSANDRA Galloni and AP’s Executive Editor and SVP Julie Pace, Called On Israel’s Leaders for ” The Letter Aded that the News Organizations Were “Outraged that Independent Journalists Were Among the Victims of this Strike on the Hospital, a location that is Proteted Under. in their Professional Capacity, Doing Critical Work Bearing Witness.

Both Reuters and Ap Acknowledged that Idf Were Conducting An Investigation Into The Incident, But The Letter Stated That, “Unfortunately, We Have Found The IDFTEPEMINGSS incidents to rarely result in clity and action, raising series Questions including while israel is deliberately Targeting Live Feeds in Order to Suppress Information. ”

The Letter Pointed Out that IDF “HAS A DUTY UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW TO PROTECT Journalists and Civilians and to Take All Feasible Precauf While Journalists and Rescuers Were Responder, Raises URGENT QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETCHER THESE OBLIGATES WERE UPPHELD. ”

Galloni and Pace Added that, “In all, the Committee to Protect Journalists Says 197 Journalists and Media Workers Have Been Kilda in the Region Since Oct. 7, 2023, 189 of Them. Both News Organizations Urged Israel “To Allow Independent Journalists SAFE, UNIMPEDED ACCESS

The Full Joint Letter from Reuters and AP is Below:

Dear Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Israel Katz, Chief of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar and Director of the Government Press Office Nitzan Chen:

We are writing to demand a Clear Explanation for the Airstrikes that Hit Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Aug. 25, 2025, Killing Several Journalists, Including Those Working for the Associated Press and Reuters. Freelance Visual Journalists Mariam Dagga and Moaz Abu Taha Had Worked For Ap and Reuters, Respectively, As Well Other Outlets Dringing The War. Cameraman Hussam Al-Masri Was A Contractor for Reuters. Photographer Hatem Khaled, Who Is Also A Contractor for Reuters, Was Wounded.

We are out of the Independent Journalists Were Among the victims of this strike on the hospital, a location that is Protected Under International Law. These Journalists Were Present in Their Professional Capacity, Doing Critical Work Bearing Witness. Their work is especialally vital in light of israel’s nearly Two-Year Ban on Foreign Journalists Entering Gaza.

The israel Defense Forces has accknowledge conducting the Strikes and Says it is investigating. In a statement, the IDF said it “does not target journalists as Such.” Unfortunately, we have a found of the Idf’s Willingness and Ability to Investigate Itself in Past Incides to Rarely Result in Clarity and Action Live Feeds in Order to Suppress Information.

We Hope this Probe Will Be Quick, Thorought and Provide Clear Answers. These Deaths Demand Urgent and Transparent Accountability.

The IDF Has A Duty Under International Law to Protect Journalists and Civilians and to Take All Feasible Precautions to Prevent Harm. Striking A Hospital, Followed by a Second Strike While Journalists and Rescuers Were Responding, Raises Urgent Questions About Whather These Obligations Were Upeld. In all, The Committee to Protect Journalists Says 197 Journalists and Media Workers have been Kildled in the Region Since Oct. 7, 2023, 189 of them palestinian.

We are doing everything we can to keep the OUR Journalists in Gaza Safe as they Continue to Deliver Crucial Eywitness Reporting Underremely Dangerous Conditions.

We Once Again URGE ISRAELI AUTHORITIES TO ALLOW INDEPENDENT Journalists SAFE, UNIMPEDED ACCESS INTO AND OUT of GAZA, AND TO UPPHORTTTTECE.

We Are Available to Discuss this Further and Reiterate Our Call for A Full and Transparent Accounting of What Occurred.

Sincerely,

ALESSANDRA Galloni
Editor-in-CHIESF
Reuters

Julie pace
Executive Editor and Senior Vice President
The Associated Press