IDF hit Gaza hospital with triple strike, footage shows

New footage shows that a “double tap” Israeli attack on a Gaza hospital that killed at least 22 people and sparked global outrage included three strikes rather than two.

- STEFFIE BANATVALA

A clip obtained by CNN shows that the second strike on the Nasser Medical Complex on Monday was in fact two nearsimultaneous hits, which caused most of the fatalities.

Israel's military claims it was targeting a Hamas surveillance camera attached to the hospital, used to monitor the movement of IDF troops, but multiple sources say it was a Reuters camera broadcasting a live stream of the area.

At least five journalists were killed in the attack on the hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis, including Maryam Abu Daqqa, a photojournalist who worked for The Independent Arabia.

A balcony at the hospital was hit at about 10.08am local time, killing Reuters camera operator Hussam al-Masri among others, according to witnesses and health officials. Al-Masri's live camera feed then went black.

Nine minutes after the first strike, another two missiles hit journalists and rescuers who were attempting to help victims and document the attack. A frame-by-frame analysis by CNN shows how the first missile hit a staircase where first responders were gathered, while another exploded in the same place just a fraction of a second later.