Archiv: 23-03-2025 massacre of paramedics and shelling ambulance in Gaza by Israeli military / cover-up / mass graves discovered on 30-03-2025


30.01.2026 - 18:13 [ Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders / Ärzte ohne Grenzen ]

MSF statement on sharing staff information and humanitarian operations in Palestine

Following many months of unsuccessful engagement with Israeli authorities, and in the absence of securing assurances to ensure the safety of our staff or the independent management of our operations, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has concluded that it will not share a list of its Palestinian and international staff with Israeli authorities in the current circumstances.

In March 2025, Israeli authorities announced that organisations seeking registration would be required to provide personal information about their staff. From the outset, MSF raised serious concerns about this request in a context where medical and humanitarian workers have been intimidated, arbitrarily detained, and attacked. Since October 2023, 1,700 health staff have been killed, as well as 15 MSF colleagues. On 30 December, Israeli authorities announced that MSF‘s previous registration had lapsed and was therefore expected to cease operations within 60 days.

30.01.2026 - 17:14 [ Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders / Ärzte ohne Grenzen ]

Gazastreifen/Westjordanland: Erklärung zur Weitergabe von Mitarbeitendendaten

Nach monatelangen erfolglosen Versuchen, mit den israelischen Behörden in einen Dialog zu treten, um die Sicherheit unserer Mitarbeitenden im Gazastreifen und im Westjordanland sowie die Unabhängigkeit unserer humanitären Arbeit in den besetzten Palästinensischen Gebieten zu gewährleisten, hat Ärzte ohne Grenzen entschieden, keine Liste seiner palästinensischen und internationalen Mitarbeitenden an die israelischen Behörden weiterzugeben.

Trotz wiederholter Bemühungen ist es uns nicht gelungen, eine Einigung mit den israelischen Behörden über die für uns erforderlichen konkreten Zusicherungen zu erzielen. Dazu gehören:

– dass alle Informationen über Mitarbeitende ausschließlich für die angegebenen administrativen Zwecke verwendet werden.
– dass daraus keine Gefahr für die Kolleg*innen, deren Namen geteilt wurden, erwächst.
– dass Ärzte ohne Grenzen die volle Autorität über alle Personalangelegenheiten und die Verwaltung von medizinischen Hilfsgütern behält.
– dass jegliche öffentliche Kommunikation, die Ärzte ohne Grenzen diffamiert und die Sicherheit unserer Mitarbeitenden gefährdet, eingestellt wird.

Deshalb sind wir zu dem Schluss gekommen, dass wir unter den gegenwärtigen Umständen keine Daten von Mitarbeitenden an die israelischen Behörden weitergeben werden. Auch im Rahmen dieses monatelangen Prozesses haben wir keine Mitarbeitendendaten mit den israelischen Behörden geteilt.

30.01.2026 - 17:10 [ Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders / Ärzte ohne Grenzen ]

Addressing frequently asked questions and allegations about MSF’s work in Gaza

Is it true that MSF has not cooperated with Israel?

For many months, MSF has unsuccessfully sought dialogue with the Israeli authorities on the renewal of our registration to work in Palestine. We remain open to dialogue with the Israeli authorities to maintain our critical medical operations in Gaza and the West Bank and to ensure that MSF can continue delivering essential, lifesaving medical care to people in desperate need, whilst safeguarding our teams. We would consult our Palestinian colleagues on any possible next step.

By accusing MSF, as well as other NGOs, of not cooperating and creating smear campaigns against aid organisations, Israel is using unfounded allegations to arbitrarily restrict access to critical care for Palestinians and limit witnessing from independent organisations working on the ground. This type of accusation contributes to the delegitimisation of humanitarian workers who are delivering vital care and services under extremely challenging conditions.

We observe that such accusations fit within a long-standing pattern used by Israeli authorities, alongside numerous physical and bureaucratic obstacles, to restrict the entry and delivery of aid into Gaza. Similar tactics were used in 2024 against UNRWA. Allegations are used to justify actions which stand in clear contradiction to the Israeli government’s claims that it is facilitating the provision of humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip.

What is the status of MSF’s registration to operate in Gaza and the West Bank?

As of the 1 January 2026, MSF’s registration to work in Gaza and the West Bank has expired and is therefore no longer valid. As such, we are required to cease operations by 1 March 2026.

We are seeking avenues to ensure that our humanitarian response continues in Gaza and the West Bank. We are also engaging with the Israeli authorities to ensure we can continue our activities, the prevention of which is a direct violation of UN Security Council Resolution 2720 – which calls for the unimpeded delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians.

30.01.2026 - 16:47 [ Reuters ]

MSF says it will not share staff details demanded by Israel to access Gaza

Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Friday it will not submit lists of staff demanded by Israel to maintain access to Gaza and the West Bank, saying it had not been able to obtain assurances over the safety of its teams.

30.01.2026 - 16:41 [ Janine di Giovanni / TheNationalNews.com ]

I‘ve seen MSF‘s work in Gaza. Israel‘s coercion of this charity is a scandal

(January 28, 2026)

The fear of handing over staff lists is well-founded. We know Israel targets journalists in their homes. We know its soldiers kidnap doctors – there is still no sign of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of a hospital in northern Gaza detained by Israeli forces in December 2024. We know Israeli troops shoot healthcare workers, as they did last March when they killed, then buried, 15 emergency responders in Rafah.

Israel has no qualms about punishing those who do not bow to its demands. Food, medicine and humanitarian supplies have been cut off. MSF has said that since January 1, international staff have been denied entry into Gaza and critical medical supplies blocked; this is on top of the new registration requirements that could halt operations altogether.

This is another attempt not only to control humanitarian operations, but to suffocate Gaza.

25.04.2025 - 00:10 [ Hamoked.org ]

HaMoked in habeas corpus petition: surviving paramedic of Israeli attack in Rafah is being held in an unnamed facility and denied access to a lawyer

The amendments to the Unlawful Combatants Law were passed following the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023 and currently enable banning a Gaza detainee from meeting with a lawyer for the first 45 days of his detention. During this time, Israeli authorities also refuse to inform family members of the person’s whereabouts. This refusal to provide information on a detainee’s location is contrary to its past practice and to Israel’s legal obligations. A petition against the Law, filed by human rights organizations, including HaMoked, has been pending for over a year now.

20.04.2025 - 21:32 [ TRT World / Youtube ]

New footage shows aid workers killed deliberately by Israel on March 23

(April 5, 2025)

A video discovered on a slain medic’s phone reveals the truth behind Israel’s targeting of 15 aid workers on March 23 in Palestine’s Gaza.

Israel initially claimed the vehicles were unmarked and “suspicious,” falsely stating that they had “killed nine militants.”

The footage, however, reveals that the ambulances and fire trucks involved were clearly marked with emergency lights when they were targeted.

20.04.2025 - 21:22 [ New York Times ]

Autopsies of Gaza Medics Killed by Israeli Troops Show Some Were Shot in the Head

(April 15, 2025)

The New York Times obtained autopsy reports for 14 of the 15 people killed in a March 23 attack on an ambulance and fire truck.

20.04.2025 - 21:13 [ BBC ]

‚Operational misunderstanding‘ led to killing of Gaza medics, IDF inquiry says

Fourteen emergency workers and a UN worker were killed on 23 March after a convoy of Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances, a UN car and a fire truck came under fire by the Israeli military.

In a statement, the IDF said its troops opened fire believing they were facing a threat from enemy forces.

The IDF said its investigation found six of the casualties were Hamas members, and rejected that there had been summary executions.
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It blamed „poor night visibility“, which the IDF said meant the commander did not identify the vehicles as ambulances.

08.04.2025 - 19:04 [ Democracy Now! / Youtube ]

„Point-Blank“: Israeli Soldiers Execute 15 Gaza Medics & Rescue Workers, Bury in Unmarked Mass Grave

Outrage is growing over Israel‘s killing of 15 Palestinian medics and rescue workers north of the Gazan city of Rafah in the predawn hours of March 23. Israel initially claimed the convoy had suspiciously approached troops without headlights or flashing lights, but video footage shows the ambulances had their lights on when Israeli troops opened fire, unleashing a barrage of bullets. A paramedic who was inside the vehicle when it came under fire recorded the video on a cellphone and was among the 15 aid workers killed and buried in an unmarked mass grave. Diana Buttu, a Palestinian human rights attorney, calls the killing „the height of dehumanization.“

07.04.2025 - 22:20 [ Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ]

PRCS Calls for Independent International Investigation to Hold Those Responsible for the Crime of Targeting Ambulance Teams in Rafah Accountable

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) affirms that the targeting of its ambulance convoy by Israeli forces in the Al-Hashasheen area of Rafah on March 23 constitutes a full-fledged war crime, and it reflects a dangerous pattern of repeated violation of international humanitarian law. This massacre claimed the lives of eight members of the PRCS emergency medical teams: Mustafa Khafaja, Ezz Al-DeenShath, Saleh Muammar, Rifaat Radwan, Mohammad Bahloul, Ashraf Abu Labda, Mohammad Al-Heela, and Raed Al-Sharif. The fate of medic Asaad Al-Nassasrah remains unknown to this day. We therefore call on the occupying authorities to immediately disclose his whereabouts. Video footage, documented by our late colleague and medic Rifaat Radwan, shows the final moments of the team as they drove clearly marked ambulances with flashing emergency lights toward the site where the first ambulance had been targeted. Despite the clear identification of the vehicles and teams, the convoy came under heavy gunfire for approximately five minutes, as shown in the published footage. Furthermore, communication between the team and the Central Dispatch Center confirms that the gunfire continued for no less than two hours, with continuous shooting heard until contact was completely lost with one of the medics. PRCS affirms that this was neither a random incident nor an individual error, but rather a series of deliberate attacks. The first was the shooting of an ambulance en route to evacuate casualties after a home was bombed in the Al-Hashasheen area.

06.04.2025 - 12:12 [ New York Times ]

Israel Says Its Account of Rescue Workers Killed in Gaza Was Partly ‘Mistaken’

The assessment, which was shared in a briefing with reporters by an Israeli military official, came the day after a video obtained by The New York Times appeared to contradict the military’s earlier version of events. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity under army rules.

05.04.2025 - 17:33 [ United Nations / Youtube ]

Palestinian Red Crescent Society on the recent deaths of members – Press Conference | United Nations

The President of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Dr. Younis Al-Khatib told reporters in New York that he had presented audiovisual evidence and had urged the Security Council “to support the call for an independent and thorough investigation” following the discovery of the bodies of eight missing medics from the PRCS in a mass grave in Gaza.

According to the he International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) an emergency medical team of nine disappeared along with their ambulances after they came under heavy fire in Al-Hashashin on 23 March. After seven days, the bodies of ambulance officers Mostafa Khufaga, Saleh Muamer and Ezzedine Shaath and first responder volunteers Mohammad Bahloul, Mohammed Al-Heila, Ashraf Abu Labda, Raed Al Sharif and Rifatt Radwan were retrieved. Ambulance officer Assad Al-Nassasra is still missing.

05.04.2025 - 17:20 [ Sky News / Youtube ]

New footage of aid workers killed in Gaza contradicts Israeli account of deadly attack

Newly surfaced video challenges the Israeli military‘s account of a strike on an aid convoy in Gaza, showing the moment when 15 humanitarian workers were killed last month.

05.04.2025 - 17:12 [ ITV News ]

ITV News reveals shocking details of 15 Red Crescent paramedics killed in Gaza by Israeli soldiers

Questions are growing over what happened in Rafah, late last month, when Israeli forces killed 15 emergency workers. On Wednesday, ITV News reported accusations that some of the Red Crescent paramedics appeared to have been executed. Now, we have obtained pictures, with the bodies apparently alongside lengths of twine.

05.04.2025 - 17:05 [ TRT World / Youtube ]

New footage shows aid workers killed deliberately by Israel on March 23

A video discovered on a slain medic’s phone reveals the truth behind Israel’s targeting of 15 aid workers on March 23 in Palestine’s Gaza.

05.04.2025 - 16:47 [ New York Times ]

Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On

A video, discovered on the cellphone of a paramedic who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a mass grave in Gaza in late March, shows that the ambulances and fire truck that they were traveling in were clearly marked and had their emergency signal lights on when Israeli troops hit them with a barrage of gunfire.

Officials from the Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a news conference on Friday at the United Nations moderated by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies that they had presented the nearly seven-minute recording, which was obtained by The New York Times, to the U.N. Security Council.

05.04.2025 - 16:29 [ United Nations ]

Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the killing of 15 humanitarian workers in Gaza on 23 March.

02.04.2025 - 12:10 [ Middle East Eye ]

Red Crescent massacre: Palestinians are betrayed in a world ruled by outlaws

The cold-blooded killing of 15 Red Crescent and civil defence first responders has elicited no condemnation from major powers. This is the age of lawlessness

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Israeli anti-Zionist commentator Alon Mizrahi posted on X this week:

„As Israel and the US announce and begin to enact plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians, let‘s remember that the International Court of Justice has not even convened to discuss the genocide since 24 May 2024, when it was using very blurry language about the planned Rafah action….

31.03.2025 - 16:00 [ International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ]

IFRC condemns the killing of eight Palestine Red Crescent medics in Gaza

Geneva, 30 March 2025: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is outraged at the deaths of eight medics from Palestine Red Crescent Society, killed on duty in Gaza.

An emergency medical team of nine disappeared along with their ambulances when they came under heavy fire in Al-Hashashin on 23 March. After seven days of silence and having access denied to the area of Rafah where they were last seen, the bodies of ambulance officers Mostafa Khufaga, Saleh Muamer and Ezzedine Shaath and first responder volunteers Mohammad Bahloul, Mohammed Al-Heila, Ashraf Abu Labda, Raed Al Sharif and Rifatt Radwan were retrieved today (30 March). Ambulance officer Assad Al-Nassasra is still missing.

31.03.2025 - 15:46 [ CBS News ]

Bodies of 8 Red Crescent medics found a week after Israeli soldiers fired at ambulances

At least 14 bodies have been recovered in southern Gaza, including the bodies of eight medics, a week after Israeli soldiers fired at ambulances.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said the bodies were retrieved after „seven days of silence“ and of having access denied to the area of Rafah where they were last seen. The medics were found along with those of six members of Gaza‘s civil defense agency and one U.N. agency employee, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a statement posted to X on Sunday.