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The Doctors Without Borders medical charity (MSF) said on Thursday it rejected Israel's position that an airstrike which killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen was a "regrettable incident," saying many humanitarian personnel have been attacked previously. "We do not accept the narrative of regrettable incidents," Christopher Lockyear, Secretary General of MSF International, said at a press conference in Geneva. "We do not accept it because what has happened to World Central Kitchen and MSF's convoys and shelters is part of the same pattern of deliberate attacks on humanitarians, health workers, journalists, U.N. personnel, schools and homes." He added: "We have been saying it for weeks now: this pattern of attacks is either intentional or indicative of reckless incompetence." Israel has described the deadly incident as an operational accident and is investigating it. It has consistently denied deliberately targeting civilians in its war with Hamas militants. (Reuters)