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SvennoJ on 30 March 2025
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PRCS releases names, photos of eight emergency responders killed

The eight ambulance team members were killed as they responded to an emergency call following Israeli attacks in Rafah in southern Gaza, the Palestine Red Crescent says.

The agency named those killed as:

  • Mustafa Khafaja
  • Ezzedine Sha’at
  • Saleh Moammar
  • Rifaat Radwan
  • Mohammad Behloul
  • Ashraf Abu Labda
  • Mohammad al-Hila
  • Raed al-Sharif

Palestine Red Crescent says deadly Israeli attack a war crime, demands probe

The PRCS says the killings of its paramedics “is a tragedy not only for us at the Palestine Red Crescent Society, but also for humanitarian work and humanity”.

It said the Israeli military targeted the health workers in what “can only be considered a war crime”.

“The world has thus [far] failed to take serious steps to prevent the occupation from continuing these flagrant violations of international law and conventions against health and humanitarian workers,” the agency said in a statement shared on social media, referring to Israel.

“The PRCS demands that the perpetrators of this war crime be held accountable, [and] that an immediate and urgent investigation be conducted to ensure justice for the victims of this massacre.”

It added that the fate of a PRCS paramedic who remains missing, Asaad Nasasra, must also be investigated.


Gaza Health Ministry condemns killing of medics as ‘heinous crime’

The statement comes after the Palestine Red Crescent Society said earlier that it recovered the bodies of 14 Gaza civil defence and health workers in total in Rafah. Five Palestinian Civil Defence personnel and one United Nations employee were among the 14 killed, PRCS said.

The health ministry said in its statement that the bodies of eight paramedics were recovered today after contact with them had been lost over the previous days.

It added: “Some of these bodies were bound and shot in the chest. They were buried in a deep hole to prevent their identification.”

The ministry called on “UN organisations and relevant international bodies to conduct an urgent investigation into these crimes and hold the occupation accountable for committing them.”


PRCS shares photos of mourning of colleagues killed in Israeli attack

The Palestine Red Crescent Society has shared images of its teams saying goodbye to their slain colleagues.


Red Cross federation expresses ‘outrage’ at killing of PRCS medics

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says the attack that killed at least eight members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is the single deadliest attack on Red Cross/Red Crescent workers anywhere in the world since 2017.

“These dedicated ambulance workers were responding to wounded people. They were humanitarians. They wore emblems that should have protected them; their ambulances were clearly marked. They should have returned to their families; they did not,” IFRC Secretary_General Jagan Chapagain said in a statement.

“Even in the most complex conflict zones, there are rules. These rules of International Humanitarian Law could not be clearer – civilians must be protected; humanitarians must be protected. Health services must be protected,” Chapagain said.

“Our network is in mourning, but this is not enough. Instead of another call on all parties to protect and respect humanitarians and civilians, I pose a question: ‘When will this stop?’ All parties must stop the killing, and all humanitarians must be protected.'”