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Videos Contradict Israel’s Rationale for Deadly Hospital Attack
The strikes on Nasser Hospital in Gaza killed at least 20 people. A Times visual analysis calls into question what the Israeli military was initially targeting there, and why its troops attacked a second time, killing first responders and journalists.
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This is the moment before the Israeli military killed a group of journalists and rescue workers who were responding to a strike at a hospital in Gaza. [EXPLOSION] It was the second attack on that location in nine minutes, which was not only part of a hospital but also a well-established gathering spot for journalists. Hospitals, medical workers and the media are protected from attack under the laws of war. In total, at least 20 people were killed, including five journalists and four health workers. The Israeli military says it launched the attack to take out a Hamas-operated camera used to track its troops but did not provide any evidence of the type of camera in question, where it may have been located or why taking out a camera justified firing shells at a hospital and at journalists. [EXPLOSION] An analysis of visual evidence and footage from the scene raises questions about what they were targeting to begin with and why they launched a second attack that killed first responders and more journalists. Israel first struck the hospital in two separate locations, including this east-facing outdoor staircase, which has a view of the city and has frequently been used by journalists, including Mariam Abu Daqqa, an AP freelancer who appeared in this video from June. Journalists worked there, shot videos and photos, and hung out together. The Reuters news agency was running livestreams from that stairwell throughout the week before the attack. The Associated Press also recently ran livestreams there. The first attack killed at least two people, including Reuters cameraman Hussam al-Masri. These are the last moments al-Masri’s camera recorded. The picture and audio freeze at the moment of impact. Footage shows the immediate aftermath of the first attack, which also included a strike on a second location around the corner. It’s unclear why the Israeli military hit two separate staircases at a hospital when they only said they were targeting one Hamas-operated camera. Reuters journalist al-Masri’s camera is the only one that can be seen in the rubble in the east-facing stairway. Visuals of this staircase after the first attack do not appear to show any type of surveillance camera. Rescue workers and journalists rush up the stairs. Several first responders are wearing reflective vests. Here’s Mariam Abu Daqqa again and Hatem Khaled, a Reuters photographer. Khaled’s footage shows a chaotic rescue operation on the stairway with no sign of a military threat. Israeli troops fired again — [EXPLOSION] — about nine minutes after the initial attack. This second attack consisted of two projectiles that hit the same spot within a fraction of a second, killing most people on the stairway — [EXPLOSION] — including more journalists and several rescue workers. AP journalist Abu Daqqa was one of the victims. Reuters photographer Khaled was injured but survived. Soon after, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the strikes a tragic mishap. In its initial inquiry, the military also claimed six Palestinian militants had been killed and said it is further investigating the decision-making around the attacks. The inquiry identified the unit involved as the Golani Brigade. It’s the same brigade that attacked and killed 15 Palestinian emergency workers in March. The Israeli military admitted to breaches of orders and dismissed one deputy commander, but no one was held criminally responsible for that attack. The military declined to answer further questions from The Times about the attacks on Nasser Hospital. The war in Gaza has been one of the deadliest modern conflicts for both journalists and medical workers. [MUSIC]
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A flight instructor jumped to his death out of a small aircraft over Argentina, forcing the student pilot he was teaching to land the plane herself.
Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, 42, was on board a two-seat Cessna 150G on Saturday when he made the decision to jump out over the province of Córdoba, according to CNN, which cited its Argentinian affiliate TN.
“He made this tragic decision on board an aircraft with another person by his side,” Eduardo Álvarez, director of the Flying Parrot Córdoba flying school where Bertazzo worked, told TN. “It’s impossible to think about it or understand it, but the human mind is so complex.”
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Rosario, the 22-year-old student, later told authorities that Bertazzo told her, “You know what you have to do, carry on,” before taking off his gear, opening the door and leaping out, according to Álvarez.
Opening the door of a plane midair is incredibly difficult. Álvarez said it would be akin to trying to open the door of a car traveling 124 miles per hour.
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Álvarez said that Rosario managed to land the plane safely, despite being in “complete shock.” There was no damage to the plane, according to TN.
Álvarez noted that Bertazzo had gone on a flight with another student earlier in the day.
A view from the main road of the flight school Bertazzo worked at, Flying Parrot Córdoba. (Google Maps)
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Álvarez also told TN that Bertazzo had visited a psychiatric institute, something that was only known by his family prior to his death.
Prosecutors in Córdoba will lead the investigation into Bertazzo’s death. The plane he jumped from is now in police custody.
Former Olympic canoeist David Hearn denies damaging US President Donald Trump’s Washington, DC reflecting pool renovation.
Published On 9 Jul 2026
A former US Olympian has pleaded not guilty to vandalising the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, in a case that has drawn national attention amid accusations that the administration of US President Donald Trump is trying to shift blame for a troubled renovation.
David “Davey” Hearn, a 67-year-old three-time Olympic canoe racer, entered his plea in federal court on Thursday after prosecutors accused him of “maliciously” damaging the “American flag blue” lining installed at the bottom of the reflecting pool at Trump’s request ahead of celebrations taking place at Washington’s National Mall for the 250th anniversary of the United States’ independence on July 4.
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Federal prosecutors allege Hearn pulled at the liner on June 19, causing more than $1,000 in damage. He has been charged with destruction of government property, an offence that carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years.
Hearn denied the allegations. He admitted he stopped at the pool during a bike ride, reached inside and touched a section of lining that was already peeling away, but that he did not remove or damage it. He told The Associated Press he let go when a park employee told him to stop.
Hearn’s lawyers argue the prosecution is an attempt by the Trump administration to deflect attention from what they describe as a botched renovation project.
“This indictment reflects the administration’s effort to shift blame for their own failures,” they said in a statement. “The justice system exists to determine facts, not to provide political cover.”
The 620-metre (2,030-foot) reflecting pool reopened in June after Trump ordered the new liner to be installed across the bottom. He said he was compelled to go ahead with the $14.7m renovation after a friend visiting from Germany called the pool dark and disgusting.
But within days, algae began to spread across the surface, the water turned chartreuse green, and sections of the liner began peeling away.
Experts have explained that the dark new coat of paint at the bottom of the pool would elevate the temperature and allow algae to grow, and that algae blooms in water are common at this time of year, especially in shallow, stagnant water like that of the pool.
Trump blamed the issues on vandals, claiming without evidence that “corrosive and destructive chemicals” were poured into the pool and that vandals “took some form of knife or blade” and put a long “gash into the beautiful facade”, although no one has been charged over those alleged acts.
The US president warned that anyone who allegedly damaged the pool could face long prison terms. “Please remember that there is a 10 year prison sentence for the destruction, or even the attempted destruction, of such things — Which will be fully enforced!” he wrote on Truth Social.
Last week, US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced the indictment against Hearn, accusing him of intentionally damaging the liner.
The US Department of the Interior has said that at least six people were arrested on suspicion of vandalising the pool in the weeks after it reopened. National Guard troops and US Park Police were deployed to protect the site, which was fenced off during July 4 celebrations.
Thursday’s hearing drew a packed courtroom, with dozens of supporters waiting outside after Hearn entered his plea.
The reflecting pool’s problems have continued, with Trump acknowledging it will need to be drained again so the damaged liner can be repaired.
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