Medecins Sans Frontieres ‘appalled’ by second staff member killed in Gaza within weeks

Palestinians inspect the damage at the Dar Al-Arqam school, where displaced people shelter, after it was hit by an Israeli strike on Thursday, in Gaza City, Apr. 4, 2025. (Reuters)

• Hussam Al Loulou died in the strike on Apr. 1 in central Gaza

GENEVA: Global medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday it was appalled and saddened by the killing of one of its staff by an air strike in Gaza, the second within two weeks.

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is appalled and saddened by the killing of our colleague Hussam Al Loulou by an airstrike on the morning of 1 April in southwest of Deir Al Balah, Central Gaza. His wife and 28-year-old daughter were also killed in this horrendous attack.

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— MSF South Asia (@MSF_SouthAsia) April 4, 2025

Hussam Al Loulou died in the strike on Apr. 1 in central Gaza, alongside his wife and 28-year-old daughter, the organization said.