Israeli military provides no proof that MSF staffer it killed was Palestinian fighter
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.
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.
We are outraged and strongly condemn the killing of our colleague, Fadi Al-Wadiya, in an attack this morning in Gaza City.
The attack killed Fadi, along with 5 other people including 3 children, while he was cycling to work, near the MSF clinic where he was providing care. pic.twitter.com/Lmd8E5AkC1
— MSF International (@MSF) June 25, 2024
Israeli strike buries family under slabs of concrete in Beit Lahiya
Rescue workers and neighbours try to reach survivors pinned under concrete slabs after an Israeli strike destroyed a home in Beit Lahiya on Tuesday. Children were among the victims of the Israeli attack on a home, which the Anadolu news agency reported belonged to the Abu Awad family.
The Wafa news agency reports that three people were killed and 12 injured in the strike.
