ONE year on from the killing of 22 Palestinians, including journalists and rescue workers, in a double strike by Israeli forces on a hospital in Gaza, no-one has been held accountable.

Israeli officials claimed that the target had been a suspected Hamas camera on the roof of Nasser Hospital. 

Among those killed were Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri and Mariam Dagga, a freelance visual journalist who worked for the Associated Press (AP) and other media organisations.

The Israeli army has provided no details about the investigation or a timeline for when it could be completed. 

Human rights groups say Israel rarely holds troops accountable for killing Palestinians, pointing to long investigations that rarely lead to prosecution.

As global outrage over the August 25 2025 strikes grew, the Israeli military alleged that six of those killed had been linked to Hamas, without providing evidence.

But an Israeli soldier, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, now says the military could find no evidence linking the camera, which belonged to Mr Masri, to Hamas. 

The soldier said none of the six had been the intended target of the strikes.

In a statement issued yesterday, AP and Reuters again demanded a full explanation from Israel.

The news agencies also called on Israel to give journalists access to Gaza to support colleagues who have been covering the war from the beginning.

“A year later, we remain devastated by their deaths and are still searching for answers from the Israeli authorities about what happened that day,” the statement says.

News agencies such as Reuters and AP supplied live video footage to newsrooms around the world from the hospital, one of the few functioning in Gaza at the time. AP repeatedly informed the army that its journalists were there.

The first strike killed Mr Masri and another person. As other journalists, including Ms Dagga, and rescue workers rushed up an external staircase to help the wounded and document what had happened, the military struck again, killing 20 people. 

Based on footage and multiple eyewitness accounts, none of them was armed. In total, Israel struck the hospital four times using high-explosive tank shells.

Israeli officials claimed later that Hamas had been using the camera to observe troops nearby. 

Last week, the army announced criminal investigations into two other high-profile attacks by its troops in Gaza — the 2024 killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and last year’s killing of 15 paramedics. 

It cleared troops over three other attacks that killed workers from international aid groups.

There has been no immediate comment from the Israeli authorities.