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After the first strike on the hospital, people rushed to treat the wounded while journalists arrived to report.
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
The photos, retrieved from her camera on Wednesday, show people walking up the staircase after it was damaged in the first strike while others look out the windows of the main health facility in southern Gaza.
—Edith M. Lederer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Video shot from across the street by pan-Arab channel Al Ghad showed people climbing the stairwell just after the first strike, past walls with chunks shorn off -- followed by the boom of the second strike, a huge plume of smoke and a heap of wreckage.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2025
The journalists had arrived after the first strike close behind to witness and report what had happened.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
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Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
The photos, retrieved from her camera on Wednesday, show people walking up the staircase after it was damaged in the first strike while others look out the windows of the main health facility in southern Gaza.
—Edith M. Lederer, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
Video shot from across the street by pan-Arab channel Al Ghad showed people climbing the stairwell just after the first strike, past walls with chunks shorn off -- followed by the boom of the second strike, a huge plume of smoke and a heap of wreckage.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Aug. 2025
The journalists had arrived after the first strike close behind to witness and report what had happened.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
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“First strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20strike. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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