GENEVA: The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) voiced sorrow and outrage following the death on Sunday of a colleague fatally hit in Gaza.
Abed El Hameed Qaradaya, 43, succumbed to shrapnel injuries sustained in the attack which happened on Thursday and which had killed MSF colleague Omar Hayek and injured several others.
MSF said the attack was carried out by Israeli forces.
It said its staff were waiting for a bus to the charity’s field hospital at the time, and were all were wearing MSF vests.
El Hameed is the 15th MSF staff member killed in the near two-year conflict, and the third in less than 20 days.
“His loss is immense and has a tragic impact on his loved ones, MSF and the health system in Gaza,” the Geneva-based NGO said in a statement.
“For 18 years, Abed El Hameed was a cornerstone of MSF’s physiotherapy department in Gaza. He was a unique and invaluable specialist in both physiotherapy and occupational therapy.
“Abed was dedicated not only to his patients’ physical recovery but also to restoring their hope and sense of dignity.”
MSF said he innovated and adapted tools, and was the driving force behind opening a 3D physiotherapy department.
“We are profoundly grieved and outraged by the loss of our colleagues — a stark reminder of the pattern of complete disregard for civilian lives and human dignity,” it said.
The United Nations and rights groups have frequently condemned the high death toll of humanitarians and aid workers in the Palestinian territory, as Israel pursues its offensive against the Islamist group Hamas.
MSF outraged by death of 15th colleague in Gaza
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MSF outraged by death of 15th colleague in Gaza
- Abed El Hameed Qaradaya, 43, succumbed to shrapnel injuries sustained in the attack which happened on Thursday
- MSF said the attack was carried out by Israeli forces
Hamas says UN Gaza resolution does not meet Palestinians’ rights
- The UN Security Council voted earlier Monday in favor of a US-drafted resolution bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state
- The statement decried the establishment of an international force whose “mission includes the disarmament” of Palestinian groups in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories : Gaza’s Hamas rulers said they rejected Monday’s UN resolution which calls for an international force to be deployed in the territory, saying it fails to respect the “demands and rights” of the Palestinians.
“This resolution does not meet the level of our Palestinian people’s political and humanitarian demands and rights,” the Islamist militant group said in a statement.
The statement also decried the establishment of an international force whose “mission includes the disarmament” of Palestinian groups in Gaza.
“The resolution imposes an international trusteeship on the Gaza Strip, which our people, its forces, and its constituent groups reject,” the statement continued.
The UN Security Council voted earlier Monday in favor of a US-drafted resolution bolstering President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan that includes the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state.
There were 13 votes in favor of the text, which Washington heralded after the vote as “historic and constructive,” with only Russia and China abstaining — but no vetoes.
