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Gunmen in the Gaza Strip shot and killed a Palestinian aid worker from a US based charity, firing on her car in what officials from the Hamas-run government told her family was a case of mistaken identity.
The car in which Islam Hejazy, Gaza programme manager at HEAL Palestine, was travelling was intercepted on Thursday in the area of Khan Younis in the south of the enclave.
Gunmen riding in three cars sprayed the vehicle with dozens of bullets, according to residents and the woman’s family.
“She was the mother of two small children and a humanitarian with the highest ethics and professionalism,” HEAL Palestine, posted on its Facebook page.
“HEAL Palestine is more dedicated than ever to serving Gaza, in her honour. Ceasefire now,” it added.
Her family issued a statement yesterday, saying they were told by government parties at the hospital where her body was taken that she was killed by mistake. Her killers, whose identity was not disclosed, had failed to identify the vehicle she was driving, they said.
Later yesterday, the Hamas-run interior ministry said it had launched an investigation into Hejazi’s death, which it described in its statement as an “accident”, without giving further details.
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