Survivor of Israeli medics attack recounts killings

The "lone survivor" of the Israeli attack that killed 15 medics and civil defence workers , Palestine Red Crescent volunteer Munther Abed was detained shortly before soldiers opened fire. He said he witnessed the attack, but did not see what happened to his colleagues until dawn broke.

"I could see the vehicle of the Civil Emergency. The soldiers began shooting at the vehicles, they fired heavily," he said. "It was dark and I couldn't see what happened to the people there, but they (the soldiers) fired heavily. They asked me to duck down and they were firing heavily. I felt as if the bullets were hitting me personally."

“With the first light of day things become clearer. I saw the vehicles of the civil emergency and the Red Crescent. The doors of all the vehicles were open and there was blood on the vehicles,” he said.

He watched as a bulldozer dug four holes and crushed the vehicles into the sand. 

“At that time I had no clue about the fate of my colleagues,” he said.

Munther was detained for around 15 hours, during which he was interrogated and beaten.

He said he saw the aid worker who is still missing, detained by Israeli soldiers.

"They asked me where I had been on October 7, they were saying Palestinians are terrorists, and that we are all terrorists. They asked many personal questions too about me and my family," he said. "I felt I was about to die."