World powers and NGOs voiced shock at the killing of five journalists among 20 victims reported by Gaza's civil defence agency in an Israeli strike on a hospital on Monday in the town of Khan Younis.
The ministry said the fourth floor of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis was attacked in a 'double tap' strike', with one missile hitting the facility followed by a second targeting emergency responders.
Reuters cameraman Hossam al-Masri, Al Jazeera photojournalist Mohammed Salama, photographer Mariam Abu Daqqa, and Muath Abu Taha, a journalist working for NBC, and journalist Ahmed Abu Aziz were all killed in the attack.
Another 11 people have died of starvation over the past 24 hours, including two children, as Israel's restrictions on aid push Gaza deeper into famine.