The Qatari Red Crescent Society office in Gaza, was hit by an Israeli air raid.  Al Jazeera reports that two Palestinians were killed and 10 others  wounded. The organization tweeted: “The Qatar Red Crescent condemns the targeting of its headquarters in Gaza [and] reaffirms the need to allow relief teams to work in accordance with international humanitarian law.”.

QRCS Secretary-General Ali bin Hassan Al-Hammadi condemned Monday’s attack, saying that it was a flagrant violation of the Geneva Convention, of which Israel is a signatory. Qatar’s foreign ministry, meanwhile, said, “the targeting of humanitarian and media institutions is a clear violation of international law, humanitarian norms and values”.

Al Jazeera reports that Israel has attacked ambulance crews and health facilities, including a Doctors Without Borders crew. MSF said in a tweet: “Last night, an MSF clinic in #Gaza where we provide trauma and burn treatment was damaged by Israeli aerial bombardment, leaving a sterilization room unusable and a waiting area damaged. No one was injured in our clinic, but people were killed by the bombing,”. Quds News Network tweeted: “After bombing residential buildings in #Gaza, “Israel” bombed all the streets leading to Shifa Hospital, the largest medical facility in Gaza. Ambulance vehicles cannot leave/enter the hospital while tens of civilians are buried alive under the rubbles.” Dr. Ayman Tawfiq Abu al-Ouf, the chief of internal medicine at al-Shifa hospital, died along with two of his children. Dr. Muin al-Aloul, a neurologist, was also killed in the Israeli bombing.

Separately, on Saturday, a building that housed international media offices, in what’s widely been called a war crime, was demolished in an Israeli air raid on Gaza City.

Umm Muhammed Umar