Journalist Mariam Dagga Killed by Israeli Strike in Gaza Hospital

Final Photos and Fatal Strike

• 📸 Mariam Dagga, an Associated Press freelance journalist, was killed by an Israeli air strike while documenting the aftermath of an initial strike on a Gaza hospital.
• 🏥 Her final photos captured emergency workers responding to a strike on a staircase at the NASA hospital in Carunis.
• 💔 After taking these photos, she went to the scene of the strike and was killed by a second strike moments later.

Witness Accounts and Aftermath

• 📹 Footage from the scene shows damaged camera equipment and responders tending to bodies following the initial blast.
• 📰 Other journalists were present, documenting the aftermath, with Dagga seen filming the scene on her phone just before the second strike.
• 📍 Journalists, including Dagga, frequently used the NASA hospital as a base.

Israeli Claims and Hamas Denial

• 🇮🇱 The Israeli military claimed, without providing evidence, that they were targeting a Hamas surveillance camera at the hospital.
• ❌ Hamas denies this claim.

Personal Loss

• 👩‍👦 Mariam Dagga is remembered as a beloved colleague, mother, and daughter.
• 💔 She is survived by her 13-year-old son, who had left Gaza at the start of the war.