️Shocking FootageMass grave of first responders found in Rafah after Israeli strike, according to the UN: Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one.
Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Civil Defense teams recovered the bodies of 8 PRCS medics, 6 Civil Defense workers, and 1 UN staff member from a mass grave in Rafah, Gaza—marked only by the emergency light of a crushed ambulance.
Seven days earlier, as Israeli forces advanced, 10 PRCS and 6 Civil Defense first responders were dispatched to rescue the wounded. All five ambulances, a fire truck, and a later-arriving UN vehicle were struck, and contact was lost.
One survivor reported Israeli forces executed both medics in his ambulance. Despite repeated coordination efforts, access was only granted five days later. En route, teams witnessed civilians fleeing under gunfire, including a woman shot in the head and a man killed while trying to reach her. Her body was retrieved using the UN vehicle.
Upon reaching the site the next day, they found ambulances, the fire truck, and the UN vehicle crushed and partially buried. After hours of digging, they recovered the first body—beneath the fire truck.
The rest were found on the first day of Eid, still in uniform, wearing gloves, and inside marked vehicles—killed on their way to save lives.
The mother of Palestinian Red Crescent paramedic Saleh Muamer mourns his loss—her fourth son killed by Israel. Saleh was executed along with 14 other paramedics and Civil Defense workers after Israeli forces surrounded their ambulances during a coordinated rescue mission in Rafah’s Tal al-Sultan area.
According to forensic sources at Nasser Hospital, the victims’ hands were zip-tied and they were executed, not killed by airstrike. The team had responded to the Al-Hashasheen bombing after coordination through the Red Cross. None returned alive.
Credit/translation: @translatingpal
Mike
