The International Rescue Committee and Medical Aid for Palestinians called on Israel’s allies to launch an independent investigation into an Israeli air strike on a residential compound in Gaza hosting medical teams, NGO workers and their families. The January 18 strike targeted the compound in Al Mawasi, an area designated a “safe zone” by Israel, and injured several IRC and MAP team members, as well as causing “significant damage”. “Since 18 January, various parts of the Israeli military and the Israeli government have provided six different explanations as to why the air strike took place to MAP, the IRC and our interlocutors. These explanations have not provided clarity,” IRC and MAP said.
