At least 33 Red Crescent workers have been killed within the Gaza Strip since Israel began its lethal conflict on the besieged enclave almost eight months in the past.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) wrote on X: “Scenes from the funeral of our colleague, Mohammed Jihad Abed, an employee in the Disaster Risk Management Department, who was killed when occupation forces bombed his home last night in Rafah.”
“This brings the total number of PRCS members killed since the beginning of the aggression on Gaza to 33, including 19 who were killed while performing their humanitarian duties,” it added.
On May 29, two paramedics affiliated with the Palestinian Red Crescent had been killed in an Israeli military assault on an ambulance en path to evacuate Palestinians on the Abu al-Said Junction in Tel al-Sultan within the southern Gaza Strip metropolis of Rafah.
The Palestinian Red Crescent burdened that Israel “intentionally targeted healthcare workers.”
Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip in retaliation for an Oct. 7 assault by Hamas which killed about 1,200 folks.
The Israeli military has attacked and raided 160 healthcare services within the Gaza Strip, ensuing within the closure of 55 well being facilities and 33 hospitals.
Nearly 36,400 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since Israel started its onslaught almost eight months in the past. The majority of these killed have been girls and youngsters, with greater than 82,400 others injured, in keeping with native well being authorities.
Vast swathes of Gaza lay in ruins amid Israel’s crippling blockade of meals, clear water, and medication.
Israel is accused of genocide on the International Court of Justice, which in its newest ruling has ordered Tel Aviv to right away halt its operation in Rafah the place greater than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the conflict.
Source: www.anews.com.tr