Reuters and The Associated Press issued a joint letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, demanding answers after five journalists were among the 20 people killed in an airstrike on a hospital in Gaza earlier that day.

Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza killed five journalists Monday, according to health officials, including one who days earlier had reported for The Associated Press on children being treated for starvation at the same facility.

Canada condemned an Israeli strike on a Gaza hospital on Monday that killed at least 20 people, including five journalists, and said Israel had an obligation to protect civilians in the combat zone. "Canada is horrified by the Israeli military strike at the Nasser Hospital in Gaza,