Four people were killed on Wednesday by an Israeli bombing that hit an ambulance at the entrance to Deir El Balah, a city in the central Gaza Strip, said the Palestinian Red Crescent.
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“Four members of a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance rescue team They died as martyrs after the occupation (Israel) attacked their vehicle on Salaheddin Street, at the entrance to Deir El Balah,” the organization reported in a statement on the social network
EFE consulted the Israeli Army about the incident, which said it was reviewing what happened.
The Palestinian Red Crescent (equivalent of the Red Cross) is the main organization responsible for the rescue and transfer of wounded people in Gaza after the Israeli attacks, which have already left a total of more than 23,300 dead and almost 60,000 injured since the war broke out on October 7.
During recent weeks, this entity also reported attacks by the Army against its headquarters in the town of Khan Yunis, which caused injuries and fatalities.
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After more than 3 months of war, 326 health workers have been killed by Israeli bombings in Gaza, according to the Communications Office of the Gaza Government, controlled by the Islamist group Hamas.
On the other hand, On January 8, a projectile went through the wall of a facility in Khan Yunis that served as shelter for more than 100 members. of Doctors Without Borders staff and their families.
According to the NGO, “Four people were injured, including a five-year-old girl who was the daughter of an MSF employee”. She was seriously injured and a day later she ended up dying.
“We are devastated and outraged by his death,” declared the entity, which considered the attack “unacceptable” and said it was “trying to understand what happened.”
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He also claimed to have informed the Israeli forces that the place hosted members of the entity.
“MSF did not receive evacuation orders” and considered that the attack demonstrated “once again that no one and no place is safe” in Gazahe denounced.
EFE
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