Issam Al Mughrabi, his wife and children killed along with more than 70 of his family members, the UN says.

Issam Al Mughrabi, 56, who worked for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for three decades was killed along with his wife and children in an Israeli air strike on Friday.

“For almost 30 years, Issam has worked with UNDP through our Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People,” UNDP administrator Achim Steiner said in a statement.

“The loss of Issam and his family has deeply affected us all. The UN and civilians in Gaza are not a target.”

Offering his condolences to Issam’s family and colleagues the World Health Organization’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed in a post on X that “humanitarians should never be victims” and called for a ceasefire.

  • nekandroEnglish
    52·
    11 months ago

    It’s really not but the mods seem obsessed with it.

    • TokenBoomer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      I get it. We gotta have guidelines or we get Daily Wire and The Blaze posted. But when The NY Times and Wash. Post isn’t covering Gaza accurately, shouldn’t they be held to the same standards? I’ve found corroborating news from Palestine on YouTube, Middle East Eye and Al-Jazeera. Only to find silence from Western sources. It’s disheartening.

      • Doorbook@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        You seems genuine in your post so I would like to inform you that the middle east eye is owned by Qatar or Al-Jazeera.

        In general most news outlets are biased. That’s why you read multiple sources to confirm a report. Or if it is written by credible sources, or have clear videos and images.

        • ???@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          11 months ago

          Honestly providing multiple sources for the same story is not a bad idea, but sometimes that would mean 5 articles that are copy-pastas of each other

      • nekandroEnglish
        42·
        11 months ago

        I mean, basically no one in the West covers China at all except to say “China bad and is simultaneously going broke and bankrolling all US politicians”

        • theneverfox@pawb.socialEnglish
          13·
          11 months ago

          Which in fairness, seems like it is actually true… Those aren’t actually mutually exclusive

          My bigger problem is I can’t get a read on the state of China. They’re seasoning stones and ice because they’re having food issues… But it’s a continent sized country. It contains multitudes.

          There’s a lot of crazy shit going on over there, but is it falling apart, in decline, or just undergoing some crazy shit?