Israeli attacks killed three journalists in Lebanon and 38 people in Gaza

The deadly attack comes as Israel faces growing accusations of deliberately targeting journalists in Gaza, which it denies.

According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, at least 128 journalists have been killed in Gaza during the year-long Israeli offensive in the enclave. CPJ warned that more journalists were killed in the first 10 weeks of Israel’s offensive in Gaza than at any time in a single country in an entire year.

Earlier this week, the Israel Defense Forces named six journalists working with Al Jazeera, saying they had been “unmasked as Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists.” CPJ responded to this claim by stating that Israel “has repeatedly made similar unsubstantiated claims without providing credible evidence.”

The network also denied the accusations and described them as “a blatant attempt to silence the few journalists left in the region.”

Dozens dead in Khan Younis and chaos at a hospital in northern Gaza

Meanwhile, in Gaza, the health ministry said Israeli attacks on the southern town of Khan Younis killed 38 people and injured dozens. It also said that Israeli forces “have entered and are present inside.” Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia as they continued their deadly assault into the north of the enclave.

The health ministry said Israeli forces detained hundreds of patients, medical staff and displaced Palestinians who had sought refuge in a hospital amid widespread Israeli strikes in the northern Gaza Strip.

“The situation in the hospital is catastrophic in every sense of the word,” the health ministry said.

The IDF did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request for comment on the situation at the hospital Friday morning.

Israel has mounted a weeks-long intensified offensive in the northern Gaza Strip, where the United Nations has warned of a growing humanitarian crisis as access to food, water and other essential supplies dwindles.

According to local health officials, more than 600 people died in the offensive.

The IDF said Friday that its forces were continuing their attack on the Jabalia refugee camp, from which thousands of people have fled amid heavy airstrikes. It said its troops were also active in both the southern and central Gaza Strip, where Israeli forces launched a deadly attack on a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp on Thursday.

At least 18 people were killed and 30 injured in the strike, including children and women, Dr. Mohammed Al-Mughair of the Gaza Civil Defense Agency told NBC News.

Al-Mughair said the strike was targeting a prayer room inside the school where he believed a large number of displaced families were staying.

The IDF said its forces were targeting Hamas fighters operating from a “command and control center” on the school grounds. The IDF did not say whether any Hamas members were killed in the strike, but said it “makes every effort to prevent harm to uninvolved civilians.”