Article 6HC1X Israeli airstrike kills Gaza aid worker and 70 of his extended family, UN says

Israeli airstrike kills Gaza aid worker and 70 of his extended family, UN says

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Emma Graham-Harrison
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Call to protect civilians and humanitarian staff after UNDP's Issam al-Mughrabi, his wife, children and scores of relatives killed

An Israeli military airstrike killed more than 70 members of an extended family, including a veteran UN aid worker, as the UN secretary general warned that the scale of death and destruction inside Gaza is blocking delivery of desperately needed aid.

Issam al-Mughrabi, 56, was killed with his wife, five children and dozens of other relatives in a bombing near Gaza City, said the head of the UN development programme (UNDP) in a statement that also called for an urgent ceasefire.

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