Israeli gunfire k!lled a Palestinian employee of the World Health Organization on Monday, April 6, in Gaza, according to his coworkers and a physician who received his body.

Dr. Fathi Al-Loulou claims that Majdi Aslan, 54, was traveling along Salah al-Din Road, Gaza’s main north-south thoroughfare, in a “internationally assigned vehicle with international markings” when it was sh0t.

Raed Aslan, another WHO employee, told CNN that the car was struck while it was en route to evacuate patients. He disclosed that the World Health Organization logo was displayed “from all sides” on the car.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), in a statement, did not acknowledge the d3ath, giving a differing account of the incident.
 
It said its troops “identified an unmarked vehicle approaching them and the Yellow Line, posing an immediate threat,” referring to the boundary between Israeli-controlled Gaza and the rest of the strip.
 
“In response, the troops fired warning shots. The vehicle continued to accelerate toward the troops, who then responded with additional fire that hit the vehicle. A preliminary check indicated that two local Gazan employees of the WHO were present in the vehicle and injured,” the statement added.

WHO Director General Tedros Ghebreyesu said the organization was “devastated” to confirm Aslan’s d3ath in a “security incident,” noting that two WHO staffers were present but not injured.
 
Ghebreyesu did not name Israeli forces in the statement. “The incident is under investigation by the relevant authorities,” he said.