According to Israeli authorities, the ambulances “were transporting militants from a Hamas terrorist cell,” which was denied by Palestinian health authorities. They also stated that various combatants of Hamas “had died in the attack,” in addition to accusing the group of transfer militants and weapons in ambulances.
The Israeli Army He did not provide evidence to support his claim.but said in a statement that they “intended to release more data.”
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Israeli attack on an ambulance convoy: the Palestinian response
Spokesman al Qidra, in response to the Israeli statements, added that “Israel attacked ambulances in more than one placeincluding the door to the hospital Al Shifa and Ansar Square, a kilometer away”.
Earlier on Friday, the official said ambulances “they would send critically injured Palestinians in need of urgent attention,” from the besieged Gaza City, until Egypt where they would be hospitalized. In these last hours, they confirmed which are 13 dead and 26 injuredPalestinian officials said.
A video shared on social networks showed bloody peoplenext to an ambulance with blinking lights on a city street, while people rushed to help.
In recent days, Israel accused Hamas of hide command centers and tunnel entrances at Al Shifa hospital, ordered all civilians to leave northern Gaza last month and his army surrounded the area on Thursday. This version was denied by the authorities of Hamas and Al Hospital Shifawho denied that the facilities were used as a basis by the combatants.
Hamas-Israel conflict: the opinion of the WHO
The director of the World Health Organization (WHO)Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated on the social network “totally shocked over reports of attacks on ambulances evacuating patients near Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza.”
“We reiterate: the patients, the health personnel, the facilities and the ambulances They must be protected at all times. Always”he added.
The UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator, Lynn Hastings, declared “alarmed” for an operation directed against “patients who were going to be evacuated” to safe places.
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