Israeli forces attack Palestinian medics and ambulance crews, says Red Crescent

The Palestinian Red Crescent said early on Tuesday that its emergency teams have so far dealt with a total of 714 casualties in occupied Palestinian territories. In occupied East Jerusalem, the organisation said it treated 520 cases of wounded Palestinians.  

Meanwhile, the organisation said that Israeli forces targeted its medical personnel and ambulances in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem.

According to a press release, one of the Red Crescent ambulances at the Hawara checkpoint in Nablus came under fire, hitting the windshield, in addition to targeting another ambulance with teargas and its side window was shattered in East Jerusalem.

The organisation reported another attack by Israeli forces on an ambulance volunteer in Bab al-Amoud in East Jerusalem, which resulted in a direct wound to him in the stomach.

An ambulance crew at the military checkpoint in Jalameh in Jenin was detained and interrogated, and another ambulance crew was detained and delayed at the military checkpoint in Husan village in Bethlehem, the statement added.