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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Justin Salhani, Simon Speakman Cordall

How did Israel kill the Red Crescent medics in Gaza?

Members of the PRCS and other emergency services pray by the bodies of fellow rescuers killed by Israeli forces, during a funeral procession in Khan Yunis on March 31, 2025 [Eyad Baba/AFP]

Nine Palestine Red Crescent (PRCS) medics in ambulances, as well as some Civil Defence workers, went to help people in Rafah, Gaza, and disappeared on March 23 after coming under attack from Israeli forces.

What followed was a week of Israeli obstruction until international teams were finally able to enter the area where the medics and rescue workers disappeared.

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