“It was supposed to be me, you know. I was on duty that night but fell ill and sent him in my place.”
Talking at his son’s funeral, Hassan Abu Hileh stated Israel is guilty for the demise of Mohammed and the opposite 14 males.
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Hassan Abu Hileh’s son Mohammed was killed when Israeli forces stated they ‘opened fireplace on suspicious automobiles’
“We need protection from the international community. We need protection for medical teams. We are medics-soldiers of duty, not armed fighters. We carry out humanitarian work. If I see someone who needs medical attention, I’m obligated to serve them,” he stated.
The our bodies of the Pink Crescent and United Nations staff went lacking round eight days in the past. Regardless of repeated requests to seek for them, all denied by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the UN finally discovered 14 our bodies buried below sand in a mass grave. One remains to be lacking.
They have been nonetheless sporting their uniforms.
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Funerals happened on Monday for medics killed in Gaza. Pic: Reuters
The director of the Palestinian Pink Crescent in Gaza has accused Israel of murdering the emergency staff. “We arrived at the scene of the crime to retrieve the bodies and found that all of them had been shot directly in the upper part of their bodies and buried,” stated Dr Bashir Murad.
“The ambulances were also destroyed and buried.”
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Dr Bashir Murad, director of the Palestinian Pink Crescent in Gaza, stated the employees had been shot
The our bodies have been present in sand within the south of the Gaza Strip in what Jonathan Whittall, Gaza head of the UN Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, referred to as a “mass grave”, marked with the emergency gentle from a crushed ambulance.
Mr Whittall posted footage and video of Pink Crescent groups digging within the sand for the our bodies and staff laying them out on the bottom, lined in plastic sheets.
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Our bodies of support staff present in Gaza
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has denied killing harmless medical staff and stated Israeli forces opened fireplace on suspicious automobiles that have been travelling with out coordination and in an energetic fight zone.
“The IDF did not randomly attack an ambulance on March 23,” claimed a spokesman.
“Last Sunday, several uncoordinated vehicles were identified advancing suspiciously toward IDF troops without headlights or emergency signals. IDF troops then opened fire at the suspected vehicles.
“Earlier that day, automobiles that didn’t belong to terrorists have been coordinated and handed safely on the identical route.”
We’ve requested the IDF why the our bodies have been present in a mass grave however have acquired no remark.
Greater than 400 support staff have been killed in Gaza for the reason that begin of the Israel-Hamas struggle, based on the UN.
In accordance with the UN, no less than 1,060 healthcare staff have been killed within the 18 months since Israel launched its offensive in Gaza after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on 7 October 2023.
The UN is lowering its worldwide employees in Gaza by a 3rd due to security considerations.
