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Journalists, hospitals must not be ‘a target’, UN says after Israel’s Gaza strike

The United Nations insists that journalists and hospitals should never be targeted, after an Israeli strike on a hospital killed at least 20 people, including five journalists, AFP reports.

“The killing of journalists in Gaza should shock the world — not into stunned silence but into action, demanding accountability and justice,” UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said in a statement, insisting: “Journalists are not a target. Hospitals are not a target.“

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