November 12, 2024

An airstrike hits a densely populated area of Al-Mawasi, giving MSF only minutes to evacuate its clinic

Khan Younis, Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, Al-Attar Health Centre
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The Israeli airstrike hit just 250 meters from an MSF clinic in Al-Mawasi. MSF had not received an official evacuation order from Israeli forces. MSF staff and the 500 or so patients and caregivers present that day had only a few minutes to flee the facility, which was later found with destroyed equipment and shrapnel damage to its desalination plant.

An airstrike hits a densely populated area of Al-Mawasi, giving MSF only minutes to evacuate its clinic

Al-Mawasi, Gaza, 7 November 2024 © Ibrahim Nofal