Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike targeting armed group

A Palestinian TV channel says they were in a marked media van in the central Gaza Strip.

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They were in a Quds Today van parked outside al-Awda hospital, where the wife of one of the journalists was about to give birth, in the central Nuseirat refugee camp.

The channel posted a video of what it said was the burning vehicle with "press" signage on the back doors.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had targeted "Islamic Jihad operatives posing as journalists" and that steps were taken to avoid harming civilians.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it was "devastated by the reports".

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