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Information received concerning the reported deliberate attack by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) on 23 March 2025, against civilian medical and emergency personnel, killing fifteen (15) individuals protected under international humanitarian law (IHL), including: eight (8) members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS): Mr. Ashraf Abu Labda, Mr. Raed Al-Sherif, Mr. Refaat Radwan, Mr. Saleh Moammar, Mr. Ezzeldin Shaat, Mr. Mohamed Al-Hila, Mr. Mohamed Bahlul, and Mr. Mostafa Khafaga, six (6) members of the Palestinian Civil Defense, and one (1) United Nations staff member, Mr. Kamal Abdullah Shahtout. The PRCS health workers were on duty wearing and travelling in vehicles clearly marked with protective emblems. Autopsy reports of the eight victims from the PRCS, whose bodies were recovered from a makeshift mass grave on 30 March 2025 – one week after the incident – along with witnesses’ accounts and a forensic analysis of video footage from the event, provide conclusive evidence indicating that the killings were intentional and therefore amount to crimes under international law. After the killings, those responsible buried the bodies of the victims in an unmarked mass grave, destroyed and also buried their vehicles in an attempt to conceal the evidence of the attack. Furthermore, one PRCS volunteer, Mr. Mundhir Abed, was arrested, detained at the site of the attack and reportedly tortured before his release 12 hours later. Another PRCS paramedic, Mr. Asaad Al Nassasrah, was detained during the attack, forcibly disappeared by the IDF and subjected to torture and other forms of ill-treatment until his release on 30 April 2025. Alleged victims: 12 More details... |
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