3 Civil Defense workers killed in air strike on headquarters in Nuseirat

No.

4277

Date

28 June, 2024

Location

📍 Gaza - Nuseirat

Original Social Media Post

"Israel hit the Civil Defense building in Al Nusayrat camp, killing 3 rescue personnel 1. Ziad Al-Hubash 2. Ammar Awad 3. Abdul Ghaffar As'ad"
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Archivist Notes On This Video

In this footage, taken after the Israeli air strike on the Civil Defense Headquarters in Nuseirat camp, a gathering of distressed and weeping people surround an ambulance which contains blood-soaked, shrouded bodies. A paramedic in the ambulance, escorting the bodies, clutches an orange Civil Defense vest to his chest.

In the replies to the source post, additional footage of the event and aftermath is shown, including a funeral for the workers held at Al-Aqsa Hospital.

Archivist Notes: Targeting of Civil Defense in Gaza by the IDF

Documenting a systematic pattern of targeting Civil Defense personnel both while working, and in their homes with their families.

  • As of September 8th, 2024, 83 members of Gaza's Civil Defense have been killed, with the most recent being Colonel Mohamed Morsi, Deputy Director of Civil Defense in northern Gaza, who was martyred with a number of his family members after their home in Jabalia camp was bombed.

Relevant articles:

"Israeli attacks kill at least 82 civil defense personnel, injure hundreds in Gaza since Oct. 7, agency says"

https://x.com/MiddleEastMnt/status/1825513095407563197

"An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza has killed a senior aid official and four members of his family. His civil defense group fights fires and rescues people trapped in rubble. So why was he attacked?"

https://x.com/KenRoth/status/1832792115060867334

"What does it mean to be a Civil Defense worker in Gaza?"

https://x.com/palinfoen/status/1816903815230292270

"At least 82 Palestinian civil Defense personnel have been killed by the Israelis since October"

https://x.com/swilkinsonbc/status/1825157332688388170

The details for each video come from social media. None of it has been verified.