By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ, Associated Press

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike hit a southern Gaza’s main hospital Monday, killing 19 people, including four journalists, said Zaher al-Waheid, the head of the Gaza Health Ministry’s records department.

The victims on the fourth floor of Nasser Hospital were killed when one missile hit and was followed in the same spot by another missile moments later as rescue crews arrived, the ministry said.

Buildings that were destroyed during Israeli ground and air operations stand in the northern Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Khan Younis’ Nasser Hospital, the largest in southern Gaza, has withstood raids and bombardment throughout 22 months of war, with officials citing critical shortages of supplies and staff.

Among the 19 killed were four journalists including 33-year-old Mariam Dagga, a visual journalist who had worked for The Associated Press throughout the war.

Dagga was a freelancer who regulary reported from Nasser Hospital, including on doctors struggling to save children from starvation. Al Jazeera and Reuters also confirmed their journalists and freelancers were among those killed.

The Israel-Hamas war has been one of the bloodiest conflicts for media workers, with a total of 192 journalists killed in Gaza in the 22-month conflict, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.

Neither Israel’s military nor the Prime Minister’s office immediately responded to questions about the strike.

In addition to those killed at Nasser Hospital, hospital officials in northern Gaza also reported deaths from strikes and gunfire along the route to aid sites.

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Three Palestinians, including a child, were killed in a strike on a neighborhood in Gaza City, where Israel is preparing for a broader ground invasion in the coming days, Shifa Hospital said. Al-Awda Hospital reported six aid-seekers trying to reach a distribution point in central Gaza were killed by Israeli gunfire in an incident that also wounded 15. Israel’s military did not immediately respond to a question about the aid seekers.

Israeli strikes and raids on hospitals are not uncommon. Multiple hospitals have been struck or raided across the Gaza Strip, with Israel claiming its attacks had targeted militants operating inside the medical facilities, without providing evidence.

A June strike on Nasser Hospital killed three people and wounded 10, according to the health ministry. At the time, Israel’s military said it had targeted Hamas militants operating from a command and control center inside the hospital. A March strike on the hospital’s surgical unit days after a ceasefire broke down killed two people.

Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada and the European Union.

The health ministry said Sunday that at least 62,686 Palestinians have been killed in the war. It does not distinguish between fighters and civillians but says around half have been women and children. The U.N. and independent experts consider it the most reliable source on war casualties. Israel disputes its figures but has not provided its own.

Magdy reported from Cairo and Metz reported from Jerusalem. Melanie Lidman contributed from Jerusalem.

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Juliette formed Monday in the Pacific Ocean hundreds of miles from Mexico’s Baja California peninsula as Tropical Storm Fernand churned in the Atlantic Ocean.

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No coastal watches or warnings were in effect for either storm, the Miami-based U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Juliette posed no immediate threat to land, forecasters said. The storm was about 440 miles south-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula. It had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph.

It was moving west-northwest at 13 mph. Some strengthening was forecast through Tuesday, with weakening starting Wednesday.

In the Atlantic basin, Fernand formed Saturday but was also far from land and forecast to remain over open ocean waters. It was well east of Bermuda and expected to curl more to the northeast as it moves away from Bermuda.

Today is Monday, Aug. 25, the 237th day of 2025. There are 128 days left in the year.

Today in history:

On August 25, 1948, in the House Un-American Activities Committee’s first televised congressional hearing, Alger Hiss denied charges by Whittaker Chambers that Hiss was a communist involved in espionage. (Hiss was later charged with perjury and sentenced to five years in prison, but maintained his innocence until his death in 1996.)

Also on this date:

In 1875, Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel, crossing from Dover, England, to Calais (ka-LAY’), France, in under 22 hours.

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In 1916, Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act, establishing the National Park Service as an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior to maintain the country’s natural and historic wonders and “leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.”

In 1928, an expedition led by Richard E. Byrd set sail from Hoboken, New Jersey, on its journey to Antarctica.

In 1944, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation during World War II.

In 1981, the U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 came within 63,000 miles of Saturn’s cloud cover, sending back pictures of and data about the ringed planet.

In 2001, R&B singer Aaliyah (ah-LEE’-yah) was killed with eight others in a plane crash in the Bahamas; she was 22.

In 2012, Neil Armstrong, 82, who commanded the historic Apollo 11 lunar landing and was the first man to set foot on the moon in July 1969, died in Cincinnati, Ohio.

In 2017, Hurricane Harvey, the fiercest hurricane to hit the U.S. in more than a decade, made landfall near Corpus Christi, Texas, with 130 mph sustained winds; the storm would deliver five days of rain totaling close to 52 inches, the heaviest tropical downpour that had ever been recorded in the continental U.S.

In 2020, two people were shot to death and a third was wounded as 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse opened fire with an AR-15-style rifle during a third night of protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake. (Rittenhouse, who was taken into custody in Illinois the next day, said he was defending himself after the three men attacked him as he tried to protect businesses from protesters; he was acquitted on all charges, including homicide.)

In 2022, regulators approved California’s plans to require all new cars, trucks and SUVs to run on electricity or hydrogen by 2035. (President Donald Trump signed a resolution in June 2025 blocking California’s plan, prompting a court challenge by the state).

Today’s Birthdays:

Actor Tom Skerritt is 92.
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Wright is 90.
Film director John Badham is 86.
Baseball Hall of Famer Rollie Fingers is 79.
Rock musician Gene Simmons (Kiss) is 76.
Rock singer Rob Halford (Judas Priest) is 74.
Musician Elvis Costello is 71.
Film director Tim Burton is 67.
Country musician Billy Ray Cyrus is 64.
Actor Blair Underwood is 61.
NFL Hall of Famer Cornelius Bennett is 60.
DJ Terminator X (Public Enemy) is 58.
Singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) is 58.
Television chef Rachael Ray is 57.
Country singer Jo Dee Messina is 55.
Model Claudia Schiffer is 55.
NFL Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison is 53.
Actor Alexander Skarsgard is 49.
Actor Kel Mitchell is 47.
Actor Rachel Bilson is 44.
Actor Blake Lively is 38.
Actor China Anne McClain is 27.

Walker Jenkins is one step closer to the big leagues.

The Twins promoted their top prospect on Sunday to Triple-A, putting him just one step away from the major leagues.

Jenkins will join the Saints for their road series against Toledo, which begins on Tuesday. Fans in the Twin Cities should be able to get their first look at him in person when the Saints return home on Sept. 9.

Jenkins, 20, was the No. 5 overall pick in the 2023 draft and is considered the No. 14 prospect in the game, per MLB Pipeline.

The outfielder earned his promotion after hitting .309 with a .913 OPS in 52 games at Double-A this season. Jenkins hit seven home runs, 11 doubles, drove in 24 runs and scored 38 of them while stealing 11 bases and walking (34) almost as much as he struck out (44) for the Wind Surge.

Jenkins has dealt with a number of injuries during his time in the minor leagues, including an ankle injury that cost him the first couple months of this season, but when healthy, he’s performed at every level and the Twins have promoted him aggressively, this being the latest move as Jenkins will face competition much older than himself in Triple-A.

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