Israeli attack kills senior health official in Gaza
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Israeli shelling of the Daraj clinic in Gaza City killed the enclave’s Director of Ambulances and Emergency Hani al-Jaafarawi.
The ministry said it was determined to continue its medical humanitarian duty despite Israel’s systematic targeting of health workers and once again called on the international community to stop the “Israeli aggression”.
وزارة الصحة بغزة تنعى شـ.ـهيدها أ. هاني الجعفراوي مدير الإسعاف والطوارئ بغزة الذي ارتقى باستهداف الاحتلال الاسرائيلي لعيادة الدرج بغزة. pic.twitter.com/EI46Idbjaw
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) June 23, 2024
Translation: The Ministry of Health in Gaza mourns its martyr, Hani al-Jaafarawi, director of ambulance and emergency in Gaza, who [was killed] in the Israeli occupation’s targeting of the Daraj Clinic in Gaza.
Funeral for Gaza’s ambulance and emergency services chief
An Israeli air strike at a medical clinic in Gaza City killed the director of Gaza’s Ambulance and Emergency Department, the enclave’s Health Ministry said.
The ministry said the killing of Hani al-Jaafarawi brought the number of medical staff killed by Israeli fire since October 7 to 500. At least 300 others have been detained so far.
Israel removed ‘pillar’ from Gaza’s health system by killing Hani al-Jaafarawi
Eyad Zaqout, director of emergency department at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, has told Al Jazeera that by killing al-Jaafarawi, Israel removed “a pillar” from the enclave’s collapsing health system.
“It is clear that the Israeli forces are trying once again to destroy the health and medical system in Gaza completely,” Zaqout said.
“Mr Hani al-Jaafarawi was a pillar for Gaza’s health system. He was working hard for serving the sick and the wounded people. He was serving day and night to serve those who are living in very difficult circumstances in Gaza,” he added.
Two Jordanian soldiers killed while transporting aid to Gaza
The Jordanian military has announced the death of two soldiers following a crash involving three trucks transporting humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip.
A military source told Jordanian national television that the deaths occurred in an accident involving three military trucks on Sunday “as a result of [the convoy] deviating from its route on the Dead Sea/Al-Adassiya road”.
The two soldiers killed were identified as Imad Atta Arif Al-Aram and Yahya Othman Yahya Al-Sayyah.
Palestinian clans in Gaza reject Netanyahu’s comments
A representative for Palestinian clans in the Gaza Strip has said that the groups “refuse to be a substitute for any Palestinian political party ruling” the enclave, according to Al Jazeera Arabic.
The statement came after Netanyahu told Israel’s Channel 14 that he wants to “create a civilian administration, if possible with local Palestinians” and regional backing “to manage humanitarian supply and later on civilian affairs in the Strip”.
The representative for the clans said the groups will fail Netanyahu’s plans and that only the Palestinian people have the mandate to choose those who will govern the Gaza Strip.
Gaza has large traditional family clans, affiliated with political factions including Hamas and Fatah, which dominates the Palestinian Authority in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
