BBC“I’m The Only Survivor Who saw What Happened to My Colleagues,” Munther Abed Says, scrolling Through pictures of His Fellow Paramedics on His Phone.
He Survived The Israeli Attack That Killed 15 Emergency Workers Diving by Gaza in the Back Ambulance, As His Two Colleagues in the Front Were Shot in the Early Hours of 23 March.
“We Left the Headquarters Roughly,” He Told One Trusted Working in Gaza, Explaining How The RESPONSE TEAM from The Palestinian Red Crescent Agency and the Un agency Palestinian Refugees (Unrwa) Gathered Edge of the Southern City of Rafah After Receiving Reports of Gunfire and Wounded People.
“Roughly by 04:30, at 04:40 The first Two Vehicles Went out. At 04:50, The Last Vehicle Arrived. At The Agency (UN) Car Was Shot at The Street,” Hey Says.
The Israeli Military Says Forces Opened Fire Because The Vehicles Were Moving Suspicious Towards Without Prior Co-Ordination And With Their Lights Off. It also claimed that Nine Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad Operatives Were Killed In The Incident.
Jonathan WhittallMunther Challenges That Account.
“During Day and At Night. EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL LIGHTS. Everything TELLS AN AMBUNS TO THE PALONGS TO THE PALESTIN IN THE VEHICLE CAME UNTER DIRECT FIRE,” He says.
After that, Hey adds, He pulled from The Wreckage by Israeli Soldiers, Arrested and Blindfolded. He claimed he was interrogated over 15 hours, Before Being Released.
The BBC has put His Claims to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), but it yet to respond.
“The Idf Did Do Not Randomly An Ambulance,” Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar Claimed, when Questioned at a News Conference, Echoing The IDF’s Statements.
“Several Uncoordinated Vehicles Were Identified Advancing Suspicious Tooward IDF Troops Without Headlights Or Emergency Signals. IDF Troops Then Opened Fire Suspected Vehicles.”
He Added: “Following Anitial Assessment, It’s Determined That The Forces Had eliminated Hamas Military Terrorist, Mohammed Amin Ibrahim Shubaki, Who October 7 Massacre, Along Eight Terrorists from Hamas And The Islamic Jihad.”
Shubaki’s Name is the list of 15 Dead Emergency Workers – Eight of Whom Were Palestinian Red Crescent Medics, Six Were Civil Defense First Responders, and One Was Staff Staff Member.
Israel has not accounted for the whereabouts of Shubaki’s body or offered Any Evidence of the Direct Threat The Emergency Workers Posed.
Munther Rejects Israel’s Claim That Hamas May Have Used The Ambulances As Cover.
“That’s Utterly Untrue. All Crews Are Civilian,” He says.
“We Don’t Belong to Any Militant Group. Our Main Duty Is Offer Ambulance Services and Save People’s Lives. No More, No Less.”
Gaza’s Paramedics Carried Their Own Colleagues to Their Funerals Earlier This Week. There were an outcry statibilities for Grief With Grief Calls. One Bereaved Father Told The BBC That His Son Was Killed “in Cold Blood”.
International Agencies Could Only Area To Retrieve Their Bodies A Week After The Attack. They were the found Buried Sand Alongside The Wrecked Ambulances, Fire Truck and Un Vehicle.
Sam Rose, Acting Director’s Gaza’s Gaza’s Gaza’s Lost Their Lives, That Three Were Graves in A Sand Berms in The Middle Of The Road, Treated With Indignity and What Would An Infranceement of International Humanitarian Law.
“But It’s Only If We Have An Investigation, A Full And Complete Investigation, That We’ll Be Able to Get To The Bottom.”
Getty ImagesIsrael is Yet to Commit to Investigation. According to the un, at Least 1,060 Healthcare Workers Have Been Killed Semce The Start of the Conflict.
“Certainly All Ambulance Workers, All Medics, All humanitarian Workers Inside Gaza Right Now Feel Increasingly Insecure, Increasingly Fragile,” Mr Rose Says.
One Paramedic is Still Unaccounted For Following The 23 March Incident.
“They Not Just Colleagues But Friends”, Munther Says, Nervously Running Prayer Beads Through His Fingers. “We used to Eat, Drink, Laugh and Have Jokes Together … I Consider Them My Second Family.”
“I Will Expose Committed by the Occupation (Israel) Against My Colleagues. If I Was Not The Only Survivor, Who Could Have Told What You Did The World? Have You Would Have Their Story?”
