The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) condemned the Israeli military after a deadly attack on emergency workers in Gaza City, claiming it as the most lethal incident since 2017. On March 23, 15 responders, including medics from the Red Crescent and a UN employee, were killed due to gunfire aimed at ambulances. IFRC's secretary general expressed heartbreak over the tragedy, highlighting the humanitarian nature of the victims, who were marked as first responders, emphasizing that their service was aimed at helping the injured. The Israeli military's defense related to unclear movements of the ambulances without prior coordination.
The occupation's targeting of Red Crescent medics...can only be considered a war crime punishable under international humanitarian law, which the occupation continues to violate before the eyes of the entire world.
IFRC secretary general Jagan Chapagain said he was "heartbroken." "These dedicated ambulance workers were responding to wounded people... They should have returned to their families; they did not."
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