Category: Atrocity, from Wikidata’s classes “massacre”, “war crime”
Rafah paramedic massacre
Part of: Gaza War, Gaza genocide
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: massacre, war crime (all its classes: Wikidata item)
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On 23 March 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked several humanitarian vehicles, including five ambulances, a fire truck, and a United Nations vehicle, in Al-Hashashin area in southern Rafah, Gaza Strip. The massacre resulted in the deaths of 15 aid workers, including eight members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, five civil defense, and one UN agency employee. It was not until 30 March that most of the missing bodies were retrieved from a mass grave in Rafah, although one ambulance officer who was initially declared missing was kept under Israeli custody.
Initially the IDF spokesperson Nadav Shoshani stated that the IDF had targeted the convoy when "several uncoordinated vehicles were identified advancing suspiciously toward IDF troops without headlights or emergency signals". However, video footage uncovered from the phone of one of the victims contradicted the IDF's statements. Two survivors were detained and stated they were assaulted by the IDF. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) condemned the attacks, stating that they were the "single most deadly" for its workers in almost a decade. All the murdered medical and civil defence workers were found wearing identifying uniforms or volunteer vests of their respective organisations.
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