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muriel_volestrangler

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Mon Mar 31, 2025, 04:37 AM Mar 31

Red Cross outraged over killing of eight medics in Gaza [View all]

Source: BBC

The nine-person ambulance team came under heavy fire in al-Hashashin on 23 March, said the IFRC. Their bodies were retrieved on Sunday after access was denied for a week. One medic is still missing.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said their staff's bodies were discovered along with those of six members of Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence agency and one UN employee.

They did not say who opened fire on the convoy - but Hamas blamed the Israel Defense Forces for the attack. The BBC has sought comment from the IDF.
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The AFP news agency reported that on Saturday the Israeli military admitted it had fired on ambulances in southern Gaza last Sunday after identifying them as "suspicious vehicles".

Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkxm1rg6k1o

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