Aid group says worker killed by Israeli military in attack on Gaza HQ
The Palestinian Red Crescent Association (PRCS) accused Israeli forces of attacking the center of the Gaza Strip, killing a worker and injuring three people.
Humanitarian aid organization, the attack on Sunday in the early hours, “the building caused a fire,” he said.
The PRCs, which described the attack as a “deliberate” on a night in the Southern City Khan Younis, said that HQ’s location was “well known” to the Israeli army and “clearly marked with a protective red emblem.”
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), BBC, a PRCS building was damaged and “Khan Younis region in the region of unknown individuals were damaged as a result of an IDF strike,” he said.
A video shared by PRCS on social media showed the fires of the building full of fire and smoke clouds, while the pictures were severely damaged by the building and a few large blood stains.
Aid agency said in a statement, “Shortly after midnight Israeli artillery hit the upper floors directly,” he said.
He continued: “PrCS teams were evacuating and supervising the damage, the second floor was shot again, then watched the bombardment of the ground floor directly – completely rescue teams fighting the fire caused by bombing.”
The PRCs called the killed worker as Ömer Isleem and said that he was “broken heart” during his death. He said the other two workers were injured and a civilian trying to extinguish the fire. The agency said that the building was “clearly marked” with the emblem of the building.
“This was not a mistake,” the PRCs added. He continued: “We are renewing our call for accountability and for the protection of all human and medical personnel.”
The aid agency said that since the beginning of the war, “51 personnel and volunteers in Gaza have been killed by Israel, 29 of them lost their lives while fulfilling human duties”.
The UN Human Rights Office voiced “deep shock and anger against the ongoing murders of emergency workers in Gaza” and called for an independent investigation.
The incident comes as warnings about the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
On Sunday, the Gaza Ministry of Health, ruled by Hamas, said that at least 104 people have been killed by Israel’s military attack in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said 65 people were killed in search of help.
The latest figures from the UN show that at least 1,373 Palestinians have been killed to seek food since the end of May.
Majority Israel and US -backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was killed by the Israeli army near the distribution areasUN says. The GHF rejected at least 859 figures killed near the UN sites.
Israel accused Hamas of provoking chaos near the aid centers, and said that their forces did not intentionally open fire on civilians.
Meanwhile, the Egyptian state media reported that two trucks containing very much needed fuel expects to enter Gaza.
After all the aids and goods of all aids and goods have started a 11 -week blockade of Gaza, health officials warn for the famine in vital medical facilities for weeks.
This has been partially removed since then, but humanitarian agencies should be allowed to enter Gaza to prevent famine and malnutrition from worsening.
The Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas on Sunday, said that six people had died without malnutrition and brought total to 175, including 93 children since the beginning of the war.
Israel accuse that it deliberately prevented the aid flowing to Gaza and not to surrender the UN and other aid institutions.
IDF said that on Sunday, 136 aid packages containing food for inhabitants of South and Northern Gaza were ventilated by Israel in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt, France, Germany and Belgium.
IDF launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the attack on Southern Israel, led by Hamas on 7 October 2023, and about 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were taken hostage.
The Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas, said that 60,839 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip since then.
