Global NGO says staff member killed by Israel in Gaza

The non-governmental global development group ActionAid announced on Thursday that one of its staff members has been killed by Israel at a hospital in Gaza.

"ActionAid is devastated to learn that Fatin Shaqoura-Salha, the Chief of Nursing Staff at Al-Awda hospital in Nuseirat, run by ActionAid’s partner Al-Awda, has been killed in Gaza, along with her family," a press release by the organisation said.

"Fatin, her husband and their children were killed when their home was struck by the Israeli military on Wednesday, while ceasefire negotiations were underway and just hours before a deal was confirmed," the statement said.

"This heartbreaking loss is yet another example of the Israeli military’s disregard for civilians and its disturbing pattern of attacks on hospitals and healthworkers, more than 1000 of whom have been killed since October 7. It comes as Israeli military attacks intensify across Gaza despite a ceasefire deal having been reached: at least 80 people have been killed since the announcement [on Wednesday] evening, according to Gaza’s civil defence."