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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Jerusalem

Palestinian medic attacked in Gaza is being detained in Israel, says ICRC

Palestinians in Khan Younis gather to mourn the paramedics killed in Rafah last month.
Palestinians in Khan Younis gather to mourn paramedics killed in Rafah last month. Photograph: Hatem Khaled/Reuters

A Palestinian paramedic who has been missing since a massacre of medics and rescue workers by Israeli troops in Gaza last month is being detained in Israel, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

The whereabouts of Assad al-Nsasrah, a Palestinian paramedic, had been unknown for weeks since an incident on 23 March when workers from the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) and Palestinian civil defence came under fire as they drove ambulances to rescue injured colleagues in the southern city of Rafah.

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