Israeli forces raid Tubas ambulance station

Israeli forces raided an ambulance station in the al-Far'a refugee camp near Tubas and briefly held paramedics outside, an ambulance officer from the city told Middle East Eye.  

Adnan Ghoneimi said Israeli soldiers forced medical teams to leave the station and lined them up against a wall as they searched the facility. 

Paramedics in the city had been blocked from reaching the camp since the raid began at midnight, he added. 

'One of the martyrs was without a skull, shoulders or brain as if he had melted during the bombing'

- Adnan Ghoneimi, ambulance officer

Ghoneimi confirmed that an Israeli drone bombed the camp at dawn, killing four people. 

Ambulance crews managed to reach the area hours later and were shocked by the strike's impact.  

“One of the martyrs was without a skull, shoulders or brain as if he had melted during the bombing," Ghoneimi told MEE. 

 "This is the most violent aerial bombardment on the city." 

Due to the closure of roads leading to the camp, paramedics have been forced to take a bumpy road to transport the dead and wounded. 

Some residents were forced to cut trees near their homes to allow ambulances to drive through the narrow alleyways.  

Whenever medical teams tried to reach the entrances to the camp, they were threatened with being shot by soldiers, Ghoneimi said. 

“If we receive any call regarding emergency cases inside the camp, the paramedics try to deal with them on the field, and if they require transportation to the hospital, the ambulance tries to reach it via rugged dirt roads that take longer to pass.” 

Reporting by Fayha Shalash in Ramallah