Doctors Without Borders denounces a volunteer injured during the Israeli operation in the West Bank

Doctors Without Borders, an NGO providing medical aid, has reported that one of its volunteers sustained a leg injury during the Israeli Army’s incursion into the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams in Tulkarem. The volunteer faced seven hours of difficulty reaching the hospital due to increasing movement restrictions in the area. “An MSF-trained paramedic volunteer was shot in the leg while on duty. Due to hostilities, it took seven hours to reach the hospital,” said coordinator Itta Helland-Hansen.

The violence unfolding in the refugee camp, where an Israeli operation has resulted in 14 deaths, has been condemned by MSF. The NGO took to Twitter to denounce the death of a minor who suffered a fatal gunshot wound. “A member of our staff performed CPR on a 16-year-old boy after he was shot in the head, but was unable to save him,” said Helland-Hansen.

MSF has observed an escalation in violence and movement restrictions, including blockades of ambulances, in the West Bank. “People with life-threatening injuries cannot wait to get to hospitals. Attacks against healthcare workers and disruption of access to healthcare are unacceptable,” added MSF.