Doctors Without Borders outraged by death of nurse in Gaza

Doctors Without Borders said on Wednesday it was appalled by the death of one of its nurses, who died on Tuesday from shrapnel wounds caused by an Israeli airstrike near his tent five days earlier. 

The nurse, Hussein Alnajjar, was a father of three who worked at the international organisation's medical clinic in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis since January of last year. His sister-in-law and nephew were injured in the same airstrike.

He is the thirteenth Doctors Without Borders medic to be killed. 

"We are outraged that military violence continues to kill our Palestinian colleagues," the organisation said in a statement.

At least 540 aid workers have been killed by Israel since 7 October 2023. 

- with reporting by Reuters