This article discusses the tragic deaths of several humanitarian workers in Gaza who were killed while performing their duties amidst conflict. Despite their Red Crescent uniforms symbolizing protection and humanitarian intent, these workers were targeted, illustrating a horrifying reality where even medical responders are not safe. The piece reflects on the agonizing wait for news of the missing colleagues, the gruesome discovery of their remains, and calls for a reversal of the increasing trend of violence against humanitarian workers globally.
Their ambulances were crushed and partly buried. Nearby were their bodies also buried, en masse, in the sand. Our dead colleagues were still wearing their Red Crescent vests.
They assumed that meant they would not be a target. But they were wrong. Tragically, horrifically wrong.
More and more humanitarian aid workers are being killed around the world. The trend must be reversed.
Those uniforms signalled their status as humanitarian workers; they should have protected them. Instead, in death, those red vests became their shrouds.
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