World powers voiced shock at the killing of five journalists among 20 victims reported by Gaza's civil defense agency in an Israeli strike on a hospital on Monday.
The Israeli military said it would investigate the strike in the area of Nasser Hospital, in the southern town of Khan Younis, adding that it "regrets any harm to uninvolved individuals and does not target journalists as such".
Here is a roundup of world reactions so far.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemns the killing of Palestinians in Israeli strikes that hit Nasser hospital in Gaza and calls for a prompt, impartial investigation, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Monday.
"The Secretary-General recalls that civilians, including medical personnel and journalists, must be respected and protected at all times. He calls for a prompt, impartial investigation into these killings," Dujarric told reporters.
UN rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said in a statement that journalists and hospitals should never be targeted.
"The killing of journalists in Gaza should shock the world -- not into stunned silence but into action, demanding accountability and justice."
The head of the UN's agency for Palestinian affairs UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, described the strike as "silencing the last remaining voices reporting about children dying silently amid famine", in a post on X.
Questioned by reporters at the White House, US President Donald Trump said he had not yet received news of the strike but added: "I'm not happy about it. I don't want to see it."
He said, "at the same time, we have to end that whole nightmare" in Gaza, where the Hamas group is holding hostages seized in Israel.
In Israel's staunch European ally Germany, the foreign ministry said it was "shocked by the killing of several journalists, rescue workers, and other civilians" in the Nasser Hospital strike.
"This attack must be investigated," the ministry said on X, also calling on Israel to "allow immediate independent foreign media access and afford protection for journalists operating in Gaza".
UK foreign minister David Lammy said he was "horrified" by the hospital strike.
"Civilians, healthcare workers and journalists must be protected. We need an immediate ceasefire," Lammy wrote on X.
In Qatar, which has been trying to mediate a halt to the fighting in Gaza, the foreign ministry condemned the strike as "a new episode in the ongoing series of heinous crimes" by Israel.
"The occupation's approach of targeting journalists and relief and medical workers requires urgent and decisive international action to provide the necessary protection for civilians and ensure that the perpetrators of these atrocities do not escape punishment," it said in a statement.
Medical aid charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it was "heartbroken" by the death in the strike of a freelance photographer who had previously worked for it, Mariam Abu Dagga.
"As Israel continues to shun international law, the only witnesses of their genocidal campaign are deliberately being targeted. It must stop now," it said.
The Foreign Press Association called for an "immediate explanation" from the Israeli military and prime minister's office.
"We call on Israel once and for all to halt its abhorrent practice of targeting journalists," the group said in a statement.
