according to Palestinian authorities and media reports, Five journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike in the vicinity of a hospital in central Gaza, .

The journalists from the Al-Quds Today channel were covering events near al-Awda Hospital, located in the Nuseirat refugee camp, when their broadcasting van was hit by an Israeli air strike, Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif reported early on Thursday morning.

The deceased journalists have been named as Fadi Hassouna, Ibrahim al-Sheikh Ali, Mohammed al-Ladah, Faisal Abu al-Qumsan and Ayman al-Jadi.

The journalists were sleeping in a van – clearly marked with the words “press” – where they should have been safe.After the Israeli air strike, all that was left was the smouldering remains of the vehicle that belonged to a Palestinian satellite TV channel called al-Quds Today.

Like many journalists working in Gaza, they had camped in their van thinking they would be safe from attack.