{"id":12616,"date":"2018-08-24T12:23:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T12:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=12616"},"modified":"2018-08-24T12:23:40","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T12:23:40","slug":"thomas-cook-moves-300-egyptian-hotel-guests-after-death-of-couple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=12616","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Cook moves 300 Egyptian hotel guests after death of couple"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-io-article-url=\"http:\/\/www.arabnews.com\/node\/1361256\/middle-east\" readability=\"53\">\n<p>\nJERUSALEM: Israel said an MSF nurse shot at troops on the Gaza border this week, a charge the medical charity said Friday it was investigating as it confirmed the death of an employee.<br \/>\u201cDoctors Without Borders (MSF) confirms that one of its employees, Hani Mohammed Almajdalawi, was killed in Gaza on Monday, August 20, 2018,\u201d the organization said in a statement.<br \/>\u201cMSF is working to verify and understand the circumstances regarding this extremely serious incident, and is not able to comment further at this stage,\u201d it added.<br \/>COGAT, the Israeli defense ministry body responsible for activities in the Palestinian territories, issued a statement late Thursday slamming MSF as \u201cTerrorism Without Borders.\u201d<br \/>\u201cHani Al-Almajdalawi, who tried to infiltrate through the security fence in the northern Gaza Strip while he was armed with a rifle, opened fire toward military forces and even threw an explosive device at them,\u201d it said.<br \/>COGAT said Almajdalawi was \u201ca nurse who worked for the international organization Doctors Without Borders.\u201d<br \/>MSF has around 200 local and foreign staff in Gaza and in May the charity condemned Israel\u2019s use of force in border protests as \u201cunacceptable and inhuman.\u201d<br \/>It described the army\u2019s policy as \u201cshooting with live ammunition at demonstrators, on the assumption that anyone approaching the separation fence is a legitimate target.\u201d<br \/>At least 172 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire on the Gaza border in mass protests which began on March 30.<br \/>One Israeli soldier was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper in July.<br \/>Israel maintains that its use of force is necessary to defend the border and stop infiltrations and attacks.<br \/>Israeli authorities did not immediately respond to requests on Friday to confirm Almajdalawi\u2019s death and detail where his body was being held.<br \/>The Israeli military on Monday released a terse statement on a border gunfight which did not name Almajdalawi or confirm that he has been killed.<br \/>\u201cA terrorist shot at IDF troops in the northern Gaza Strip, in response IDF troops shot toward the terrorist,\u201d the army said, referring to the Israel Defense Forces.<br \/>It said that no soldiers were wounded but made no mention of any Palestinian casualties.<br \/>The border incident occurred despite attempts by Egypt and UN officials to reach a long-term truce between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement that runs the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM: Israel said an MSF nurse shot at troops on the Gaza border this week, a charge the medical charity said Friday it was investigating as it confirmed the death of an employee.\u201cDoctors Without Borders (MSF) confirms that one of its employees, Hani Mohammed Almajdalawi, was killed in Gaza on Monday, August 20, 2018,\u201d 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