Fifteen emergency and help staff from the Red Crescent, Palestinian Civil Protection and the United Nations have been recovered from a grave within the sand within the south of the Gaza Strip, UN officers mentioned.
UN help chief Tom Fletcher mentioned in a publish on X that the our bodies have been buried close to “wrecked & well-marked automobiles,” including: “They have been killed by Israeli forces whereas making an attempt to save lots of lives. We demand solutions & justice.”
Israel’s navy didn’t remark instantly on the deaths of the Purple Crescent staff.
In a later assertion to Reuters, it mentioned that it had facilitated the evacuation of the our bodies from the world, which it described as an lively fight zone. It didn’t particularly reply to questions on why the our bodies have been retrieved beneath the sand nor why the automobiles have been discovered crushed.
Philippe Lazzarini, head of the UN company for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), mentioned on social media platform X on Monday that the our bodies had been “discarded in shallow graves – a profound violation of human dignity”.
Lazzarini mentioned the deaths introduced the entire variety of help staff killed because the onset of the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza to 408.
In an announcement late on Sunday (Mar 30), the Worldwide Committee of the Purple Cross mentioned it was “appalled” on the deaths.
“Their our bodies have been recognized at this time and have been recovered for dignified burial. These employees and volunteers have been risking their very own lives to offer help to others,” it mentioned.
