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How Israel targets Palestinian first responders in occupied West Bank

Seventy-seven healthcare workers were injured and 30 ambulances damaged while trying to help people in the occupied territory so far in 2023 [Ayman Nobani/Al Jazeera]

The latest Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank last month has been described as a “massacre” by local officials and residents and condemned by the United Nations, but it is far from unique in scope and brutality.

In a statement published on Saturday to mark World Humanitarian Day, UN humanitarian coordinator Lynn Hastings said 77 healthcare workers were injured and 30 ambulances damaged while trying to help people in the occupied territory so far in 2023, whether during raids or protests or just on average days.

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