The Israeli military has alleged, without providing any proof, that a Doctors Without Borders (MSF) staff member who was killed in a drone strike in Gaza City was a Palestinian fighter, Al Jazeera reports.

MSF has called the killing of their colleague “cynical and abhorrent”, saying the 33-year-old physiotherapist and father of three was on his way to work at a clinic when he was killed by the Israeli military.

Five other people, including three children, were also killed in the attack which took place near the MSF clinic where he worked, the medical aid group said.

Posting on X, Israel’s military said that Fadi Jihad Muhammad al-Wadiya, who was killed on Tuesday morning while riding his bicycle in Gaza City, was a “unique centre of knowledge” in “electronics and chemistry” for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

“[Al-Wadiya was] involved in the development and promotion of the organisation’s missile system,” the military wrote, offering no evidence to support their allegation.