The Palestinian Red Crescent denounces the death of two of its workers after an attack in Rafá

May 29. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Palestinian Red Crescent has reported this Wednesday that two of its workers have died after an attack carried out by the Israeli Army against its ambulances in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, located in the city of Rafá, in the south of the Strip. from Gaza.

“Red Crescent paramedics Haizam Tubasi and Suhail Hasuna died as a result of direct shelling by the Israeli occupation of a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance in the Tal Sultan area, west of Rafah, while carrying out their duty. humanitarian duty,” the organization has stated on the social network

The Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), has stated that “intentionally attacking an ambulance and killing its passengers is a crime for which the Israeli occupation must be held accountable.”

The death toll due to the military offensive unleashed by Israel against the Gaza Strip after the attacks carried out on October 7 by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and other Palestinian militias has increased to around 36,200, according to what they have reported. Wednesday the authorities of the enclave, controlled by the Islamist group.