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MSF slams Israel over 'impunity' in Nasser Hospital attack
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has condemned what it called the “horrendous” Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza.
Jerome Grimaud, MSF’s emergency coordinator in Gaza, confirmed that journalist Mariam Abu Daqqa — killed in the attack — had worked with the organization.
“We are heartbroken by her death. Mariam leaves behind a son who must now grow up without his mother,” he said.
Grimaud added that MSF staff were forced to shelter in the hospital’s laboratory as Israeli strikes hit the building during ongoing rescue efforts.
He expressed outrage over Israel’s continued attacks on journalists and medical facilities “with impunity,” saying: “As Israel continues to shun international law, the only witnesses of their genocidal campaign are deliberately being targeted. It must stop now.”
Netanyahu says Israel 'values' journalists – after strike kills five
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he “deeply regrets the tragic mishap” at Nasser Hospital, where an Israeli strike killed at least 21 people, including five journalists.
In a statement posted on X, Netanyahu claimed that Israel “values” the work of journalists, medical staff, and civilians.
“The military authorities are conducting a thorough investigation. Our war is with Hamas terrorists. Our just goals are defeating Hamas and bringing our hostages home,” he said.
Since the war began in October 2023, more than 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza, many in what rights groups say were targeted attacks. Investigations by Israeli authorities into their own military actions rarely result in criminal charges or accountability.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy reacted by saying he was "horrified" by the strike. "I am horrified by the Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital. Civilians, healthcare professionals and journalists must be protected," he wrote on the social network X, reiterating a call for "an immediate cease-fire."
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the international community's failure to hold Israel accountable for its "continued unlawful attacks on the press,” cited by Middle East Eye.
"The world watches and fails to act firmly on the most horrific attacks the press has ever faced in recent history", CPJ’s Regional Director Sara Qudah said.
“These murders must end now. The perpetrators must no longer be allowed to act with impunity,” Qudah said.
The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Monday condemned the international community’s “shocking” inaction over the conflict in Gaza, following an Israeli strike on a hospital that killed at least 20 people, including five journalists.
“This strike silences the last voices speaking out about the silent death of children dying from starvation,” Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X, adding: “The world’s indifference and inaction are shocking.”
Hezbollah deputy leader Naim Qassem said Monday that Israel "may occupy" Lebanese territory, but the group will continue to confront it to prevent it from settling and achieving its goals. "This confrontation will continue," Qassem added, Reuters reports.
Qassem also questioned the reliability of Lebanon's current government, saying it "cannot be trusted to safeguard Lebanon's sovereignty" if it continues in its present form.
Hezbollah's deputy leader reaffirmed the group's commitment to its weapons, calling them "the weapon that protects us from Israel's aggression" and insisting that they will not be relinquished.
Reuters has said it was devastated by the killing of its cameraman Hussam al-Masri, a contractor for the agency, in the Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on Monday.
The agency confirmed that Moaz Abu Taha, a freelance journalist whose work was occasionally published by Reuters, was also killed. Another Reuters contractor, photographer Hatem Khaled, was wounded.
"We send our deep condolences and thoughts to Hussam's and Moaz's families and loved ones and will support them as best we can," Reuters said. "We have asked authorities in Gaza and Israel to help us get urgent medical assistance for Hatem."
Death toll rises in Israeli strikes on Sanaa
The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, has climbed to 10, with 92 others wounded, according to the country’s health ministry on Monday, cited by Middle East Eye.
In a statement, the ministry condemned the attack, saying: “This crime adds to the series and criminal record of the Zionist enemy and to the systematic violations committed by the Israeli occupation forces against civilians and civilian objects in our Arab and Islamic nation.”
The ministry added that the strikes amounted to war crimes, as they “directly targeted civilians and caused casualties, in addition to the destruction of civilian facilities unrelated to military objectives.”
Journalists and hospitals should never be targeted, the U.N. said Monday, following an Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza that killed at least 20 people, including five journalists.
“Journalists are not a target. Hospitals are not a target,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. “The killing of journalists in Gaza should shock the world — not into stunned silence, but into action,” she emphasized.
People and rescuers work to recover the body of Palestinian cameraman Hussam al-Masri, who worked for Reuters, after he was killed along with other journalists and people in Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Aug.25. (
Foreign Press Association outraged after deadly hospital strike
The Foreign Press Association (FPA), representing international journalists in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, expressed “outrage and shock” after an Israeli army strike on the Nasser Medical Complex killed five journalists and at least 15 others, Al Jazeera reports.
In a statement, the FPA demanded “an immediate explanation” from both the Israeli military and the office of the Israeli Prime Minister.
“We call on Israel once and for all to halt its abhorrent practice of targeting journalists,” the group stated. “This must be a watershed moment. We appeal to international leaders: do everything you can to protect our colleagues. We cannot do it ourselves.”
WHO chief urges end to attacks on health care in Gaza
Following Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital that killed at least 20 people, including four medical staff, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for a cease-fire and an end to attacks on medical facilities, reports Haaretz.
“While people in Gaza are being starved, their already limited access to health care is being further crippled by repeated attacks,” he posted on X. “We cannot say it loudly enough: STOP attacks on health care. Cease-fire now!”
Syria strongly condemns Israel's “military incursion” into the outskirts of Damascus, Reuters reported, citing the foreign ministry.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke by phone with Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian. They discussed Iran’s nuclear program and Putin’s recent summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska, the Kremlin said, according to Reuters.
The Kremlin added that Putin and Pezeshkian agreed to hold a bilateral meeting during the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in China.
South Lebanon: Sound bombs dropped by Israeli drones near Mais al-Jabal and Kfar Kila
Israeli drones dropped sound bombs near a South Council construction vehicle in the Dabbaka area, east of Mais al-Jabal, damaging a motorcycle but causing no casualties. Another strike using the same type of projectile hit a pickup truck in Kfar Kila, also without injuries. The vehicle sustained minor damage.
The Foreign Press Association is demanding “explanations” from Israel after today's strike on Gaza's Nasser Hospital, which killed 20 people, including five journalists, AFP reported.
Strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis: Hamas condemns “another war crime”
“The killing of journalists Houssam al-Masri, Mohammad Salameh, Mariam Abu Daqqa and Moaz Abou Taha, who worked with Arab and international media outlets, while covering the bombing of the hospital, constitutes a war crime and a horrific massacre,” Hamas said in a statement.
The group accused Israel of seeking to “deter journalists from telling the truth, from covering war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and the catastrophic living conditions of our people in Gaza, worsened by the systematic famine policy,” calling Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “war criminal.”
Hamas called on the international community to “act immediately and seriously to end this crime of the century and the systematic extermination in Gaza, and to urgently save and rescue our people.”
After the death of its photojournalist Mohammad Salameh, Al Jazeera denounced “relentless targeting,” but said it remains “determined to continue live coverage of the Israeli genocide in Gaza for 23 months, while the occupation authorities prevent international media from entering to cover the war.”
After an Aug. 10 strike, the channel lost six of its journalists, including Anas al-Sharif.
Al Jazeera said Israel’s “sense of impunity, and its determination to silence journalists to conceal its ongoing crimes in Gaza — including genocide and famine ravaging the strip — clearly show an intent to bury the truth.”
The channel added that “these systematic crimes against journalists require a firm response from the international community and all relevant governments. Urgent and effective measures are needed to protect journalists, civilians, and the fundamental right to information.”
Civil Defense member killed, seven injured in Nasser Hospital strike
A Gaza Civil Defense spokesman said in a press conference that one rescuer was killed and seven others wounded while responding after the first strike on the Nasser Medical Complex, Al Jazeera reported.
“Israeli forces attacked our teams today. The whole world saw it,” he said, adding that the strike also disabled two of the service’s few remaining operational rescue vehicles. According to the spokesman, this was the 26th attack on Civil Defense teams on duty since the start of the war.
U.S. Deputy Envoy for the Middle East Morgan Ortagus arrived in Beirut for meetings with officials, according to the state-run National News Agency.
U.S. envoy Tom Barrack, who was in Israel yesterday, where he met with Benjamin Netanyahu, is expected to travel to Syria today before heading to Lebanon, according to local and regional media.
58 killed, 308 wounded in Gaza over the past 24 hours
Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that 58 people were killed and 308 wounded in Israeli strikes across the enclave in the past 24 hours. The ministry said 62,744 people have been killed since Oct. 7, 2023.
It added that 28 of those killed in the past day were targeted by Israeli fire while trying to collect aid packages, along with 184 wounded. In total, 2,123 people have been killed and 15,615 wounded by fire during humanitarian aid distributions, the ministry said.
In addition, 11 people, including two children, were killed by Israel's blockade on food and humanitarian aid, bringing the total to 300 killed by starvation and malnutrition, including 117 children, since October 2023.
Fifth journalist dies in Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital
Ahmed Abu Aziz, who worked with the Quds Network and other media outlets, succumbed to his wounds after the Israeli attack on Nasser Hospital earlier today, becoming the fifth journalist to have been killed in the attack.
At least 20 people were killed in a double attack on the hospital, one of Gaza’s last remaining functioning ones.
Those killed include journalists, doctors and civil defense workers who had rushed to help the wounded after the first strike.
Israeli army confirms strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis
"The Israeli army attacked the area around Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis earlier today. Chief of Staff General Eyal Zamir has ordered a preliminary investigation to be conducted as soon as possible," announced Avichay Adraee, the Israeli army's Arabic-speaking spokesperson, on X. The army said it was “sorry for the victims and uninvolved civilians,” stressing that it does not “target journalists as such and strives as much as possible to reduce their exposure while continuing to ensure the safety of its forces.”
Live broadcast of the strike itself and eyewitness accounts from people on the ground show the upper floors of the hospital being targeted by the two consecutive drone strikes.
Syrian interim president Ahmad al-Sharaa to address U.N. General Assembly in September
Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa will take part in the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September in New York, where he is scheduled to deliver a speech, a Foreign Ministry official told AFP, noting that it will be the first speech by a Syrian president before the U.N. since 1967.
Hundreds of Israeli reservists appeal to army’s chief legal adviser over Gaza order
The group “Soldiers for the Hostages,” made up of hundreds of reservists who served during the Gaza war, has petitioned the military’s Advocate General, Brig. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, demanding that she declare the order to take control of the Gaza Strip illegal, Haaretz reported.
“Given the certain risk to the lives of the hostages, the absence of a legitimate military objective, and the severe harm inflicted on innocent civilians, it is clear this order exceeds all legal and moral norms,” the group said.
In their statement, the soldiers expressed concern that those obeying the order could face personal criminal liability and risk involvement in international legal cases without awareness or understanding.
“As the Israeli military’s expert on international law, it is your role to intervene to stop this,” they wrote. “We demand your immediate intervention to declare this order illegal, issue clear instructions to commanders and soldiers in the field, and take decisive measures to prevent a serious escalation that would endanger the lives of hostages and soldiers as well as Israel’s standing.”
Death toll from Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital rises to 19
The number of people killed in two consecutive Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis has risen to 19, according to Al-Jazeera. Dozens of others were injured.
Israeli army conducting ground operation in southern Syria, Haaretz says, citing Syrian media
Syrian state television reported that Israeli troops entered the Beit Jinn area in southern Syria, on the outskirts of Damascus. According to available information, 11 military vehicles and more than 60 Israeli soldiers entered, located several kilometers east of Syria’s border with Israel, Haaretz reported.
Meanwhile, the U.K.-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Israeli forces are conducting operations in two villages near Quneitra, in southern Syria.
Gaza: ‘Patients are afraid and fleeing’ after strike on Nasser Hospital
Dr. Saber al-Asmar of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis described the double strike on the medical center as a “massive attack” that took place while students, doctors and journalists were present.
“The hospital, especially in the morning, is full of medical students, patients, doctors, and nurses … They were attending classes while journalists were preparing to report on the situation in Gaza’s hospitals,” he said. The strikes traumatized patients, he added: “I can see the fear and horror on their faces, when they are supposed to be in a place protected under international law.”
According to him, many are now too afraid to stay in the facility. “Patients are fleeing hospitals; they are now afraid to remain inside.”
According to information from L'Orient Today's correspondent in the South, the victim of the strike in Tibnin was Hussein Badah, originally from Beit Lif (Bint Jbeil). His brother, Mohammad Badah, was a Hezbollah commander.
Some sources reported that the strike on the Sarbine road was meant to target Badah, though this could not be immediately confirmed.
Local sources also reported damage to shops near the site of the strike.
Israel ‘ready to support Lebanon in efforts to disarm Hezbollah,’ Netanyahu’s office says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office welcomed Lebanon’s efforts to work toward disarming Hezbollah by the end of 2025 and offered to reduce Israel’s presence in Lebanon if the disarmament is carried out.
In a statement posted on X, the prime minister’s office said it recognizes “the important step taken by the Lebanese government,” calling it “a crucial opportunity for Lebanon to regain its sovereignty and restore the authority of its state institutions.”
“In light of this important development, Israel is ready to support Lebanon in its efforts to disarm Hezbollah and to work together for a safer and more stable future for both countries,” the statement added. “If the Lebanese Army takes the necessary steps to implement Hezbollah’s disarmament, Israel will take reciprocal measures, including a gradual reduction of the Israeli army’s presence in coordination with the U.S.-led security mechanism,” the office said.
AP journalist confirmed killed in Gaza hospital strike
Jon Gambrell, Associated Press news director for the Gulf and Iran, confirmed on X the death of a “freelance journalist” who worked for AP.
“Mariam Dagga, 33, had been freelancing for AP since the start of the war in Gaza, as well as for other media outlets,” he wrote.
One killed in Israeli strike on Tibnin
The Israeli strike on Tibnin (Bint Jbeil) killed one person, according to the Health Ministry.
Israeli drone strikes in south Lebanon: Van hit near Tibnin, missile fired on Sarbine
Two drone strikes targeted south Lebanon this morning, one on the main road in Sarbine, and the other on a van traveling between Ain al-Mazareb and Tibnin, both in the Bint Jbeil district, according to our correspondent.
The first strike caused no casualties, while the second left one person seriously wounded.
Strikes on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis: Al-Jazeera journalist killed
Qatar’s Al-Jazeera television said one of its journalists was killed in Gaza, three weeks after an Israeli strike killed four of its journalists and two freelancers.
The death of Mohammad Salama has been “confirmed,” an Al-Jazeera spokesman told AFP, following the network’s announcement that its journalist had been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza.
Strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis: death toll rises to 15, Reuters journalist killed
Israeli strikes on the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, killed at least 15 people, including three journalists, one of whom worked for Reuters, according to an updated toll from Palestinian health officials.
Reuters said cameraman Houssam al-Masri, identified by health officials as one of the three journalists killed in the strikes, was a contractor for the agency. Photographer Hatem Khaled, also a Reuters contractor, was injured, they added.
The Israeli military and the prime minister’s office gave no immediate comment on the strikes.
Double Israeli strike on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis: 14 killed, including three journalists
An Israeli attack with a kamikaze drone on the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, killed at least 14 people, including three journalists, Al-Jazeera reported.
The drone targeted the upper floors of the hospital, including the roof, where journalists were present, according to the network. Among the dead was cameraman Houssam al-Masri. When rescuers tried to assist the victims, another strike followed.
The “American-Zionist” plan to disarm Hezbollah will never be implemented, says a Revolutionary Guard official
Brigadier General Iraj Masjedi, deputy coordinator of the al-Quds Force of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, said that the “American-Zionist plan” to disarm Hezbollah, approved on Aug. 5, 2025, “will never be implemented.”
“Neither the Lebanese people nor the Hezbollah resistance force will accept this plan, and it will never be realized,” General Masjedi said on Iranian television, according to comments reported by the Irib news agency.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel will reduce its military presence in Lebanon if the state takes the "necessary steps" to disarm Hezbollah.
Netanyahu's statement comes during U.S. envoy Tom Barrack's visit to Tel Aviv yesterday, Sunday, where he met with Netanyahu and other officials to discuss compliance with the terms of the truce.
The cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel came into effect on Nov. 27, 2024, but continues to be violated almost daily by the Israeli army.
Nuclear Iran talks to resume tomorrow
Iran will resume talks tomorrow, Tuesday, in Geneva on its nuclear program with France, the United Kingdom, and Germany, three countries that are members of a 2015 agreement with Tehran to regulate its nuclear activities and which are threatening to reinstate sanctions, state television announced.
“This new round of negotiations,” following a previous one held in July in Istanbul, Turkey, will take place “at the level of deputy foreign ministers in Geneva,” state television said. Iran will be represented by Majid Takht-Ravanchi, according to the Tasnim news agency.
Barrack expected in Lebanon early this week after visits to Israel and Syria
U.S. envoy Tom Barrack is expected in Lebanon early this week, with many local media reporting Tuesday as the likely date of his arrival, following visits to Tel Aviv and Damascus. Barrack arrived in Israel on Sunday and discussed Israeli strikes on Lebanon with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, according to Israel’s Channel 12 and Axios.
Barrack is due to bring to Beirut the results of his talks on Israel’s compliance with the terms of the cease-fire agreement and its roadmap.
U.N. Security Council could meet today to renew UNIFIL mandate
Tough negotiations are underway behind the scenes of the U.N. Security Council ahead of a crucial vote on renewing the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL).
Calling their work “ineffective,” Israel and the United States oppose maintaining the peacekeepers or demand that the one-year renewal be the last. Lebanon and France — the penholder of the resolution — are pushing for more flexibility, arguing that the mission’s presence is all the more essential in the current context of instability.
Several sources told L’Orient-Le Jour that the session, initially scheduled for Monday, has been postponed until Aug. 29, apparently at France’s request. At the same time, a source close to the U.N. said the vote “remains officially scheduled for Monday.”
Gaza truce: Cairo and Doha continue pressing Israel
Qatar and Egypt, mediators in the Gaza cease-fire talks, continue to press Israel to accept a truce proposal endorsed last week by Hamas, Haaretz reported. However, they believe the deal will likely not prevent the takeover and occupation of Gaza, according to Palestinian sources involved in the negotiations cited by Haaretz.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to convene the security cabinet on Tuesday to discuss the negotiations, Israeli media reported. It would be their first meeting since Hamas accepted the mediators’ cease-fire text.
South Lebanon: Israeli infiltration in Markaba and machine-gun fire on Kfar Shuba
Israeli soldiers crossed into Lebanese territory Monday morning, breaking into a tile workshop on the outskirts of Markaba, in the Marjayoun district near Odaisseh, according to L'Orient Today's correspondent in the South.
The soldiers plastered warnings in several parts of the factory, accusing the owner of working for Hezbollah.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army fired machine guns on the outskirts of Kfar Shuba, in the Hasbaya district, from its Rweissat al-Alam position overlooking the disputed heights of the village.
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