The medical aid group says it has been trying to evacuate 137 members of its staff and their families – including 65 children – from the hospital complex in Gaza City to no avail.
MSF said bullets were fired into its guesthouse on Tuesday, with no injuries reported. Two days later, its office building also was hit by shrapnel and the water tank on its guesthouse was shelled.
The fighting has been getting closer, the group said, and thousands of other trapped civilians face the same dangers.
“Our colleagues hear the constant sounds of gunfire, shelling, and drones. We can hear it when we speak with them on the phone. The evacuation route to southern Gaza remains unsafe,” Ann Taylor, MSF’s country director in Palestine, said in a statement.
“They are terrified, they ran out of food several days ago and children have now started getting sick from drinking salty water, they must be evacuated now.”
Source: AlJazeera
