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"Fifteen Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, including at least one
United Nations employee, were killed by Israeli forces “one by one” and buried
in a mass grave eight days ago in southern Gaza, the UN has said.
According to the UN humanitarian affairs office (Ocha), the Palestinian Red
Crescent (PRCS) and civil defence workers were on a mission to rescue
colleagues who had been shot at earlier in the day, when their clearly marked
vehicles came under heavy Israeli fire in Rafah city’s Tel al-Sultan district.
A Red Crescent official in Gaza said that there was evidence of at least one
person being detained and killed, as the body of one of the dead had been found
with his hands tied.
The shootings happened on 23 March, one day into the renewed Israeli offensive
in the area close to the Egyptian border. Another Red Crescent worker on the
mission is reported missing.
“Seven days ago, civil defence and PRCS ambulances arrived at the scene,” the
head of Ocha in Palestine, Jonathan Whittall, said in a video statement. “One
by one, [the paramedics and civil defense workers] were hit, they were struck.
Their bodies were gathered and buried in this mass grave.
“We’re digging them out in their uniforms, with their gloves on. They were here
to save lives. Instead, they ended up in a mass grave,” Whittall said. “These
ambulances have been buried in the sand. There’s a UN vehicle here, buried in
the sand. A bulldozer – Israeli forces bulldozer – has buried them.”"
RIP,
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
