Bodies of killed Palestinian medics recovered in Rafah

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) recovered the bodies of two of its paramedics on Thursday who were killed by Israel last night in Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan area. 

The paramedics - Haitham Tubasi and Suhail Hassouna - were killed after Israel bombed their ambulance, according to PRCS.

“The Israeli occupation forces deliberately bombed the ambulance vehicle despite it bearing the internationally protected Red Crescent emblem,” PRCS said in a post on X.

The Palestnian health ministry called the attack a “heinous crime” which confirms Israeli military’s “intention to annihilate” Gaza’s health system.

Since 7 October, 19 PRCS medics have been killed in Gaza while on the job, according to the organisation.