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Gift of the Givers staffer killed in Gaza

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's largest disaster response organisation, the Gift of the Givers has lost a staff member in Gaza.

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Ahmed Abbasi and his brother were both killed, while returning home from a morning prayer on Thursday.

The father of three had been stationed in Gaza since 2013.
He was appointed as the Head of the Gift of the Givers office in the region.

The organisation, in a statement, says it fully supports the President's call for the ICC to probe Israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, for war crimes, genocide and ethnic cleansing.

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