Air strike on Civil Defense rescue crew in Jabalia

No.

4283

Date

16 October, 2023

Location

📍 Gaza - Jabalia

Original Social Media Post

"Media coverage: "Footage documenting Israel's targeting and bombing of civil defense teams and medical personnel in the besieged #Gaza Strip last night""
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Archivist Notes On This Video

Intense footage of Civil Defense personnel and paramedics being directly targeted while attempting to rescue people at the site of an air strike in Jabalia. They desperately run from the explosions, attempting to shield themselves with the simultaneously fleeing ambulances and fire trucks.

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.