The Worldwide Committee of the Crimson Cross (ICRC) mentioned a humanitarian convoy got here underneath fireplace in Gaza Metropolis however was capable of ship medical provides to al-Shifa hospital.
Two vans have been broken and a driver was evenly wounded, the organisation mentioned.
It mentioned the convoy included 5 vans and two ICRC automobiles and was carrying “lifesaving medical provides to well being services together with to al-Quds hospital of the Palestinian Crimson Crescent Society, when it was hit by fireplace.”
Israeli flares mild up the sky above the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza Metropolis.Credit score: Bloomberg
The group didn’t determine the supply of the hearth.
After the incident, the convoy altered its route and reached al-Shifa hospital the place it delivered the medical provides, ICRC mentioned. The ICRC convoy then accompanied six ambulances with critically wounded sufferers to the Rafah crossing from Gaza to Egypt, the group mentioned.
“These usually are not the situations underneath which humanitarian personnel can work,” mentioned William Schomburg, head of the ICRC sub-delegation in Gaza. “Making certain that very important assist can attain medical services is a authorized obligation underneath worldwide humanitarian regulation.”