A Palestinian TV channel says five of its journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike in the central Gaza Strip.

They were in a Quds Today van parked outside al-Awda hospital, where the wife of one of the journalists was about to give birth, in the central Nuseirat refugee camp.

The channel posted a video of what it said was the burning vehicle with "press” signage on the back doors.

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said it was "devastated by the reports”."Journalists are civilians and must always be protected,” it said. (Agencies)