Rafah paramedic massacre

Rafah paramedic massacre
Part of the March 2025 Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war and the Gaza genocide
Rafah is located in the Gaza Strip
Rafah
Rafah
LocationRafah, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Date23 March 2025
TargetPalestine Red Crescent Society, Gaza Civil Defense, UNRWA
Attack type
Extrajudicial killings, summary execution, execution by shooting, massacre, war crime, mass burial
Deaths15 Palestinian medics
Perpetrators Israel Defense Forces

On 23 March 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked several humanitarian vehicles, including five ambulances, a fire truck, and a United Nations vehicle, in Al-Hashashin area in southern Rafah, Gaza Strip. The massacre[1] resulted in the deaths of at least 15 aid workers, including eight members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, five civil defense, and one UN agency employee. It was not until 30 March that most of the missing bodies were retrieved from a mass grave in Rafah, although one ambulance officer who was initially declared missing remains under Israeli custody.[2] The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) condemned the attacks, stating that they were the "single most deadly" for its workers in almost a decade.[3][4]

  1. ^ "'I heard them take their last breath': survivor recounts Gaza paramedic killings". The Guardian. 3 April 2025.
  2. ^ Mohamed, Edna; Siddiqui, Usaid (13 April 2025). "Palestinians forced to flee as Israeli forces continue destruction of Rafah". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Gaza: Red Cross outraged over killing of medics by Israeli forces". BBC News. 31 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  4. ^ El Damanhoury, Kareem; Dahman, Ibrahim; Tanno, Sophie (31 March 2025). "Bodies of missing aid workers found in Gaza 'mass grave' following Israeli attacks". CNN. Retrieved 31 March 2025.

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