MSF staffer killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

Published November 9, 2023
Palestinians representing civil organisations for women protest outside the UN offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 8, 2023, in support the people of Gaza. — AFP
Palestinians representing civil organisations for women protest outside the UN offices in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 8, 2023, in support the people of Gaza. — AFP

JERUSALEM: An employee of medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been killed in Gaza along with several family members, the group said on Tuesday.

Mohammed Al Ahel, a laboratory technician, was killed in his home in the Shati refugee camp when the area was bombed and his building collapsed, MSF said in a statement.

“Today, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is mourning the loss of one of our team members in Gaza, Mohammed Al Ahel, who was killed along with several members of his family on Nov 6,” the medical charity said.

“It is clear that no place in Gaza is safe from brutal and indiscriminate bombing,” it said.

Published in Dawn, November 9th, 2023

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