Monday, December 25, 2023

Israel storms Red Crescent center, kidnaps 8 workers in Gaza

 from the Daily Sabah

The Israeli army beat and arrested eight medical staff members of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society after storming its ambulance center in northern Gaza on Friday.

After storming the ambulance center in Jabalia, Gaza of the Palestinian Red Crescent aid group, the Israeli army arrested eight of its staffers, the group said.

They were taken to an unknown location by the Israeli army, the Red Crescent Society said in a statement.

The Israeli army also reportedly destroyed the Red Crescent ambulances and part of its headquarters in the northern city of Jabalia, about 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) north of Gaza City.

The statement added that the Israeli army assaulted 47 men who were inside its building before stripping them naked and arresting them.

The Red Crescent said the Israeli army had ordered the people living near its ambulance center to go to it and then arrested them. The women present were kept alone inside the building, it added.

It also said the Israeli army destroyed the center's walkie-talkie communication system, cutting its contact and losing its ability to receive calls from the public...

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