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Israel kills director of emergency services in Gaza

Monday, 24 June 2024 6:27 PM [ Last Update: Monday, 24 June 2024 6:27 PM ]

Mourners attend the funeral of Hani Jafrawi, the director of ambulance and emergency services, in Gaza City on June 24, 2024. (Reuters)

Israel has killed the director of ambulance and emergency services in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Hani Jafrawi was killed in an airstrike on the al-Darj health clinic in Gaza City in the early hours of Monday. He died alongside another healthcare worker.

Jafrawi, described as a “pillar” of Gaza’s health system, is reported to be the 500th medical worker killed by Israeli forces since October 7.

The Israeli military also targeted an aid convoy near Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, killing at least ten Palestinians and injuring several others.

To the west of Gaza City, at least three Palestinians were murdered after Israeli jets bombed an aid convoy in the vicinity of the Shati Supply Center.

Meanwhile, UNRWA Commissioner General Phillippe Lazzarini has condemned the displacement of Palestinians in Gaza. He says the Palestinians have been witnessing the greatest tragedy since the Nakba in 1948.

Lazzarini also warned that lack of food and clean water is claiming the lives of more Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip.

Israel has killed more than 37,600 Palestinians, mostly women and children, in Gaza since early October.

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