Gaza: Israeli forces attack MSF shelter in Al-Mawasi, killing two
"Targeting a building knowing it is full of humanitarian workers and their families is unconscionable."
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Late in the evening of February 20, an Israeli tank fired on a house where Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) staff and their families were sheltering. The attack killed the daughter-in-law and wife of an MSF staff member, and left six other people injured, five of whom were women or children. Bullets were also fired at the clearly-marked MSF building, hitting its front gate, exterior, and the interior of its ground floor.
Israeli forces have been clearly informed of the precise location of this MSF shelter in Al-Mawasi. In addition, a two-by-three-meter MSF flag was draped on the outside of the building. No evacuation orders were issued by Israeli forces before the strike.
“We are outraged and deeply saddened by these killings,” said Meinie Nicolai, MSF general director. “On the same day the United States chose to veto an immediate ceasefire, two daughters saw their mother and sister-in-law killed by an Israeli tank shell.” Read more >> |
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