Civil Defense directly targeted in Khan Younis

No.

4271

Date

11 January, 2024

Location

๐Ÿ“ Gaza - Khan Younis - Nasser Hospital Complex

Original Social Media Post

"๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Footage of Israel targeting civil defence personnel in Khan Yunis, Gaza. Israel is targeting anything that moves in Gaza."
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Archivist Notes On This Video

Footage shows Civil Defense workers, easily identifiable by their orange vests, entering an already-bombed building in Khan Younis, in order to search for survivors and bodies. An explosion can clearly be seen in the footage as the building they are in is targeted. The rest of the short clip shows Civil Defense workers fleeing the bombarment and rescuing their own colleagues - loading them into the ambulance.

Additional footage of same event

"Israeli army bombarded paramedics and civil defense personnel in Khan Younis yesterday while they were trying to evacuate injured Palestinian civilians."

https://x.com/MustafaBarghou1/status/1745714757728874946

"An Hour Ago | Israeli airstrikes target the area near Nasser Hospital in Khan-Younis. Multiple casualties and wounded, among them are paramedics and civil defense teams."

https://x.com/Timesofgaza/status/1745445099184463948

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.