Today, three years ago, an Israeli sniper shot this man, shooting at both he and his colleague, as well as towards the ambulance I was in. When Hassan and Jamal approached a body in the road, it was during the first day of Israeli-declared “cease-fire hours”, supposed humanitarian hours when civilians were to be allowed… Read More targeting medics
*Arafa Abd el Dayem after being shredded by an Israeli-fired dart bomb (photo source unknown) Memories have a way of overpowering. And Arafa Abd el Dayem’s death should do so. Three years on and his murder is no less painful, his loss no less present. Arafa, when shredded to death by an Israeli-soldier-fired dart bomb… Read More january 4 anniversary of Arafa’s murder
By Eva Bartlett On January 7, as I and a Spanish human rights advocate accompanied Palestinian medics to retrieve the body of a man shot earlier by invading Israeli forces, we were also shot at as the medics carried the body towards the ambulance. It was in Dawwar Zimmo, eastern Jabaliya, near the area which… Read More Israeli Sniper Targets Uniformed Medics: what I witnessed in Gaza
By Eva Bartlett A good, brave, and very funny man was killed yesterday as he loaded the body of a civilian into an ambulance.Emergency medical workers, Arafa Hani Abd al Dayem, 35, and Alaa Ossama Sarhan, 21, had answered the call to retrieve Thaer Abed Hammad, 19, and his dead friend Ali, 19, who had… Read More Israeli army kills Palestinian medic with dart bomb
On 31st December, around 2 am, two emergency medical services personnel were targeted by an Israeli missile as they attempted to reach injured in the Jabaliya region, northern Gaza. The first died immediately, the second soon after of complications from his internal injuries. Two days later, 2 more medics were injured in the area east… Read More Israeli-targeted Palestinian medics continue their work, in spite of the dangers they face
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