A destroyed World Central Kitchen vehicle in Gaza. The convoy’s route had been agreed with the Israeli military, HRW says.A destroyed World Central Kitchen vehicle in Gaza. The convoy’s route had been agreed with the Israeli military, HRW says.Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on humanitarian convoys and their facilities in Gaza since October, even after aid organisations provided their coordinates to the Israeli authorities, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.
On 9 December, the Israeli navy fired 20mm cannon rounds at an Unrwa guesthouse consisting of two buildings in Rafah, the UN relief agency told HRW. HRW said MSF had told it that its staff saw no military targets in the area and received no warning of the attack.HRW detailed a further five attacks: on an MSF convoy on 18 November, a guesthouse for workers from the International Rescue Committee and Medicalfor Palestine on 18 January, an Unrwa convoy on 5 February, an MSF guesthouse on 20 February, and a home sheltering an American Near East Refugee Aid employee on 8 March.
HRW said Israel had not responded to a letter sent on 1 May requesting specific information about the attacks documented in the report. The IDF did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Guardian.