The bombings were so intense that it was too dangerous to move and on November 11, “we learned from his brother that Bilal and his family died of hunger but were too frightened to seek food or leave, because everything that was risking risked being shot, “said MSF.
Bilal Okal is the ninth member of the organization’s staff to be killed in Gaza since the war broke out following the attack on Hamas against Israel on October 7, 2023.
They are among the more than 330 humanitarian workers killed during the war, most of them belonging to UNRWA, the United Nations Aid Agency for Palestinian Refugees, according to UN figures dating from November.
Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas began to implement a ceasefire last Sunday in the war which has opposed them for 15 months in the Gaza Strip and which provides for an exchange of hostages and prisoners.
