An Irish surgeon who has worked in some of the world's most active warzones says the recent killing of seven people in Gaza working with World Central Kitchen has given him pause for thought about the true risk involved in such missions.
"It's made me certainly pause and think about how risky is it getting... I guess one has to consider, is it going to be far too dangerous for anybody to enter? So it certainly would make me think twice I wouldn't say absolutely no," he added. Deconflicted zones are typically areas of warzones where it is agreed military activity is to be avoided.
"Unfortunately, in wars friendly fire happens," Minister Nir Barakat told the BBC."It's part of war, we do everything we can that it will not happen and learn the incident and make sure it does not happen again."Dr McMonagle was working under protocols similar to those used by World Central Kitchen while in Gaza."People knew where we were. We would phone it in via United States and via the IDF whenever we had a convoy moving.
"Occasionally, the entire hospital would rock. So, you'd get a certain idea of how close that explosion or how big that explosion might have been."At the time, in February, the medical team Dr McMonagle worked with were often short of basic resources.
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