A pair of Israeli strikes on a hospital in Gaza this morning killed five journalists,

along with more than a dozen others, including first responders.

Some of their deaths occurred on live television in what Israel called a, quote, tragic mishap.

This incident follows Israeli strikes that killed six journalists in Gaza City just two weeks ago,

the single deadliest day of the war for those covering it on the ground. follows Israeli strikes that killed six journalists in Gaza's city just two weeks ago.

The single deadliest day of the war for those covering it on the ground.

Stephanie Tsai has our report.

From the rubble of a stairwell at Nasser Hospital, Gaza's largest medical facility,

news crews cover the aftermath of a deadly Israeli airstrike. A witness holds up camera equipment, coated in blood and dust.

Journalism, journalism, he shouts.

First responders crammed into a stairwell try to reach the wounded.

Three more journalists, circled in this freeze frame arrived on the scene and then

a second deadly strike. The journalists were killed, along with more than a dozen civilians

and first responders in the back-to-back strikes on Nassar Hospital. Colleagues and family sought

comfort. Take a picture and family sought comfort.

Take a picture of me, guys. We worked together so much, yet I never even took one picture with him.

Palestinian reporters and cameramen and women tell the stories of violence and suffering in Gaza and have often become the story themselves.

Mariam Daga, 33 years old, was a visual journalist who freelanced for several news organizations,

including the Associated Press. She and others often reported from Nassar Hospital to cover

Gazans injured in the war. Recently, her lens had shifted more towards Gaza's

growing starvation. Daga was killed in the second strike, along with fellow freelancer Moazza Abutaha,

and Al Jazeera's Muhammad Salama. Reuters confirmed cameraman Husam al-Mazazri was killed apparently in the first strike.

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