Five Journalists Among 20 Killed in Israeli Strike on Gaza Hospital
Key topics
The Israeli military's strike on a Gaza hospital, killing 20 people including five journalists, has sparked intense debate over the incident's circumstances and implications. Commenters are divided, with some like tguvot suggesting that Hamas might have been using cameras for surveillance, while others, such as bbqfog, condemn the strike as a "war crime" with evidence of a double tap attack on rescue crews and journalists. The Israeli military's claim that it "does not target journalists as such" is met with skepticism, with many pointing out the history of violence against journalists in the region and questioning the military's actions as convenient for their agenda. The discussion highlights the complexity and controversy surrounding the conflict, with some drawing parallels to past incidents of friendly fire and civilian casualties in other military operations.
Snapshot generated from the HN discussion
Discussion Activity
Active discussionFirst comment
12m
Peak period
13
6-12h
Avg / period
5.5
Based on 22 loaded comments
Key moments
- 01Story posted
Aug 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM EDT
4 months ago
Step 01 - 02First comment
Aug 25, 2025 at 9:11 AM EDT
12m after posting
Step 02 - 03Peak activity
13 comments in 6-12h
Hottest window of the conversation
Step 03 - 04Latest activity
Aug 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM EDT
4 months ago
Step 04
Generating AI Summary...
Analyzing up to 500 comments to identify key contributors and discussion patterns
Want the full context?
Jump to the original sources
Read the primary article or dive into the live Hacker News thread when you're ready.
I guess they were targeting supposed Hamas operatives being treated in an operating room. It's too bad that five journalists were there. They are very sorry that journalists' bodies got in the way of the bomb.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cn725ny0ryjt?post=asset%3Abdd2...
edit: few days ago they identified somebody who put camera on external stairs of hospital near roof and followed troops. troops got attacked a few times. they asked for approval to take whoever it is down. approval was given but it was conditioned to use "light munition" to prevent too much damage. from some reason was used heavier munition. currently they investigate why orders weren't followed.
Apparently one strike isn't enough for the army that can perform point strikes against scientists in Iran, they "fumble" and bomb a hospital, then do it again and bomb the people who rush in to help.
The last witnesses who are able to expose the extent of unimaginable cruelty are being threatened, targeted and killed off.
usa famously bombed MSF hospital and canadian troops in afganistan.
france bombed wedding
idf in gaza also has a lot of casualties due to friendly fire. i think at some point of time it was around 30%
the bottom line: combat/war at enemy territory it's not same as shopping in costco at weekend.
It's not excusable and certainly can't be explained away. Israel has deliberately and repeatedly targeted hospitals, journalists and civilians. At some point hopefully enough of those carrying out these deliberate acts are tried to ensure that never again is this tolerated.
https://archive.is/aTwq9
otherwise hamas could claim with at least as much credulity that every innocent person they killed just happened to be beside a soldier and they just missed, oops, so it's all good right?
or they could claim with at least as much credulity that there were no combatants launching attacks from the hospital, and that would cancel out israel's claims that there were, and thus israel's claimed justification
yes: absent independent investigation and judgement, there is no credible justification for this attack on civilians
of course, this is to say nothing of morality: killing innocent civilians and their press for exercising their right to video their own land? gross.
killing the rescuers and doctors and reporters who responded to your first killing (and were within their rights to do so)? sick.
genociding hundreds of thousands of innocent palestinian civilians to avenge a thousand israeli ones because you think israeli people are superior and more valuable than palestinian people? literally atrocious.
hamas takes pride in attacking civilians. which is evidenced by multiple attacks over past 30 years against purely civilian targets. for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphinarium_discotheque_bombi... . they later proudly take responsibility for actions like this. sometimes hamas/pij/pflp will all claim responsibility .
i wonder what is your take on 20 years of unguided rockets shot from gaza (around 20000 in total) after israel left it in 2005
otherwise hamas could claim with at least as much credulity that every innocent person they killed just happened to be beside a soldier and they just missed, oops, so it's all good right?
or they could claim with at least as much credulity that there were no combatants launching attacks from the hospital, and that would cancel out israel's claims that there were, and thus israel's claimed justification
israel takes pride in attacking civilians. which is evidenced by multiple attacks over past 30 years against purely civilian targets. for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_settler_violence . they later proudly take responsibility for actions like this
i wonder what is your take on 20 years of illegal israeli occupation of palestine and terrorist attacks on palestinians?
in same hospital a couple of dozens of israeli hostages were kept for a while.
at same hospital IDF arrested in past around 100 hamas members who were hiding.
in area where combatants frequently crossdress, it's hard to know who is who
[0] https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/12/middleeast/israel-strike-arme...
A palid lie, as anyone with access to the data knows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_journalists_killed_in_...
The only other way that many journalists could die in one war is if there was a genocide taking place.
15 more comments available on Hacker News