The article discusses the ongoing search for nine missing Red Crescent crew members who lost contact after coming under Israeli fire in Rafah, Gaza. The president of the Palestine Red Crescent Society condemned Israel for attacking paramedics amidst their humanitarian work. Despite efforts, only one body was recovered, with fears the remaining crew may be dead or detained. Humanitarian leaders criticized these actions as war crimes under international law, highlighting the dangers faced by rescue workers during the renewed conflict in Gaza since the resumed Israeli attacks after March 18.
Those souls are not mere numbers. If this incident [happened] anywhere else, the whole world would have moved heaven and earth to expose this war crime, al-Khatib said.
Last week, the Israeli military told the AFP news agency that it had fired on ambulances and fire trucks calling them suspicious vehicles that arrived at a scene where it was carrying out attacks.
The targeted killing of rescue workers who are protected under international humanitarian law constitutes a flagrant violation of the Geneva Conventions and a war crime, said Hamas political bureau member Basem Naim.
OCHA chief Tom Fletcher said since Israel broke the ceasefire in Gaza on March 18 and resumed its war on the enclave, Israeli air attacks have hit densely populated areas, with patients killed in their hospital beds.
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