Israeli soldiers stripped and detained paramedics evacuating patients from a hospital in Khan Younis, according to a UN agency responsible for coordinating humanitarian efforts.
A pre-approved mission to rescue 24 people from al Amal hospital was blocked by the IDF for seven hours on Sunday, with patients and staff forced to leave the ambulances, said the UN’s Humanitarian Country Team.
The IDF stripped all paramedics of their clothes and arrested three of them – members of the Palestine Red Crescent, two of whom remain detained, said HCT.
“This is not an isolated incident. Aid convoys have come under fire and are systematically denied access to people in need,” read a statement released by HCT.
“Humanitarian workers have been harassed, intimidated or detained by Israeli forces, and humanitarian infrastructure has been hit.”
The Israeli military did not immediately comment, saying it was checking the details of the incident.
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