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A Doctors Without Borders shelter housing more than 100 staff and their families in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis was on Monday hit by an Israeli shell, the international aid organization reported.

Among the four people injured was a staff member’s five-year-old daughter, who was said to be in a critical condition.

In a post on X, the medical charity, also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres, said: “We’re trying to understand what happened. MSF had informed Israeli forces that this was an MSF shelter. We did not receive evacuation orders.

BREAKING from Gaza:

This morning, a shell broke through the wall of an MSF shelter housing over 100 staff and their families in Khan Younis.

An MSF staff member’s 5-year-old daughter is in critical condition – she’s among 4 people who were injured.

— Doctors w/o Borders (@MSF_USA) January 8, 2024

“We condemn this latest attack, which shows yet again that no one and nowhere is safe in Gaza.”

Following the attack, workers and their families moved to another location.