Red Crescent reports paramedic held by Israeli authorities
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) announced that a staff member is being held by Israeli authorities.
PRCS medic Assad al-Nsasrah was targeted along with other colleagues during a humanitarian mission in Rafah, southern Gaza.
At the end of March, the PRCS reported that eight paramedics were killed while attempting to rescue victims following an earlier Israeli strike. Nsasrah’s fate had remained unknown since the targeted attack on the medical team.
"We call on the international community to pressure the occupation authorities to immediately release our colleague, medic Asaad, who was forcibly abducted while carrying out his humanitarian duties," PRCS said in a post on X.
"He and his colleagues came under heavy gunfire, which led to the killing of eight of them - a grave violation of international humanitarian law."
🚨Urgent: We have been informed by the International Committee of the Red Cross that PRCS medic Assad Al-Nsasrah is being held by the Israeli occupation authorities. His fate had remained unknown since he was targeted along with other PRCS medics in #Rafah.
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) April 13, 2025
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