Palestinian Official:

Israel’s Killing of Paramedic in Gaza A War Crime

Rasa - The Palestinian Ministry of Health accused the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) of premeditatedly shooting and killing a female volunteer paramedic during her presence on the Gaza border on Friday.

News ID: 438017

Date: 02 June 2018 - 22:12

RNA - The ministry said in a statement that paramedic Razan Annajjar was shot dead while trying to save the lives of some wounded protesters near the border fence East of Khan Younis after Israeli forces barred ambulances from evacuating them, Palinfo reported.

21-year-old Razan Annajjar was killed and dozens suffered bullet and tear gas injuries when the IOF attacked on Friday their March or Return rallies on the Gaza border.

Between March 30 and May 15, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip protested for seven consecutive weeks calling for the right of return for Palestinian refugees to the homes and villages they were forcibly expelled from by Zionist militias in 1948.

Since the start of the rallies in late March, more than 120 Palestinian demonstrators have been killed and at least 13,000 injured along the fence in Gaza.

The Amnesty International has also stressed that the attacks on Palestinian protesters by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip are “willful killings constituting war crimes", while the UN Human Rights Council has also decided to urgently dispatch an independent, international commission of inquiry to investigate all alleged violations and abuses which may amount to war crimes in the occupied Gaza Strip.

The violence was condemned by rights groups and most UN Security Council members, with even the US’ closest allies refusing to stand by Washington’s support for Tel Aviv.

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