#Dr. Ziad Al-Tatari

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doctorswithoutborders on Instagram:

“We did what we could. Remember us.” These words were written by Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujaila on October 20th, on a whiteboard normally used for planning surgeries. He was killed by a strike on Al Awda Hospital on November 21st in #Gaza The same strike killed another MSF doctor, Dr. Ahmad Al Sahar, as well as a doctor working with Al Awda, Dr. Ziad Al-Tatari. Other medical staff were severely injured. “Remember us."

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Doctors Without Borders issued a press release on November 21:

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is horrified by the killing of two of our doctors, Dr. Mahmoud Abu Nujaila and Dr. Ahmad Al Sahar, and another doctor, Dr. Ziad Al-Tatari, following a strike on Al Awda Hospital, which is one of the last remaining functional hospitals in northern Gaza.

A fourth person was killed as well. MSF was careful to word the statement as not to blame either Israel or Hamas - but the media was not so careful.

Time magazine blamed an "Israeli bombardment." Democracy Now called it an "Israeli airstrike." AP reported, "The director of al-Awda hospital, Ahmed Mahna, blamed the strike on Israel." 

The Cradle said, 

On 21 November, Israel killed two MSF doctors, Mahmoud Abu Nujaila and Ahmad Al-Sahar, in an airstrike on the Al-Awda Hospital. Other medical staff, including MSF staff, were also severely injured. MSF had shared the GPS coordinates of their staff with Israeli authorities the same day.  

Socialist and Arab sites all unanimously blamed Israel.

I found video footage of the damage to the hospital taken by Al Jazeera several days after the incident, The damage seen is certainly not consistent with the damage one sees from Israeli airstrikes.

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Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is horrified by the killing of two MSF doctors, Dr Mahmoud Abu Nujaila and Dr Ahmad Al Sahar, and a third doctor, Dr Ziad Al-Tatari, following a strike earlier today on Al-Awda hospital, Gaza, Palestine. Our thoughts are with their families and all colleagues mourning their death. Al-Awda is one of the last remaining functional hospitals in northern Gaza. Dr Abu Nujaila and Dr Al Sahar were in the hospital when it was hit on the third and fourth floors. Other medical staff, including MSF staff, were also severely injured. MSF has regularly shared information about Al-Awda as a functioning hospital and the presence of our staff there to the warring parties. GPS coordinates were also shared with Israeli authorities yesterday.   We condemn this strike in the strongest terms, and call yet again for the respect and protection of medical facilities, staff and patients. At time of writing, more than 200 patients are still in Al-Awda hospital and are unable to receive the level of care they need. These patients must be urgently and safely evacuated to other hospitals that are still functioning. However, all hospitals in Gaza have been working beyond their capacity since October due to ongoing supply shortages, attacks on facilities and extremely high numbers of patients. This latest strike is yet another incident that MSF staff have been subjected to in the last few days. Our colleagues, who are assisting hundreds of patients in Gaza, are facing an extremely difficult situation in providing the little medical care they can. Seeing doctors killed next to hospital beds is beyond tragic, and this must stop now. Attacks on medical facilities are a serious violation of International Humanitarian Law, and these have become systematic in recent weeks. We reiterate our call for an immediate ceasefire to prevent more deaths in Gaza – now more than ever. We also urge for the lifting of the siege, and the protection of medical facilities and medical staff.   MSF has been working in Al-Awda hospital since 2018, providing reconstructive surgery for adults and trauma surgery for children. We pay tribute to the courage of our colleagues who continue to work there in the face of horrific violence. We mourn the loss of Dr Abu Nujaila and Dr Al Sahar; we will always remember them.

-- "MSF doctors killed in strike on Al-Awda hospital in northern Gaza" from Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), 21 Nov 2023 12:21pm EST

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