Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The United Nations (UN) has accused the Israeli army (IDF) of killing 15 medical workers and rescuers in the Gaza Strip. This was reported on March 31 by The Guardian.
| Like in Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, or any other totalitarian society, one can’t achieve anything in Gaza without the approval of Hamas — not to mention that Gaza hospitals are command-and-control sites for Hamas, with rest-and-rearming sections in the tunnels below. The UN is being more than a bit disingenuous here. |
"According to the UN humanitarian office, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Civil Defense staff were on a rescue mission for colleagues who had been shot at earlier in the day when their clearly marked vehicles came under heavy Israeli fire in the
Tel al-Sultan area of
Rafah," the publication clarified.
| That’s not how the IDF tells it. |
The dead medical workers were later buried in a mass grave in southern Gaza, and their ambulances and the UN mission vehicle were covered with sand using a bulldozer, Jonathan Whittall, head of the UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Palestine, said. It is noted that the body of one of the doctors was found with his hands tied.
According to OSNA, the shooting took place on March 23, the day after the Israeli army advanced in the area near the Egyptian border. One Red Crescent worker is currently missing. The International Committee of the Red Cross said the area was considered safe and did not require further approval.
Earlier, Regnum reported that on March 29, the Israeli army launched a ground operation in the area of the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip. As part of the operation, the IDF eliminated the infrastructure of the Palestinian group.
