A Palestinian paramedical ambulancer who survived a deadly Israeli attack against a group of first stakeholders in the south of Gaza last month was released from Israeli detention, Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said.
Assaad al-Nassasra, an ambulance driver, was part of at least 10 Palestinian detainees who were released on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, the PRCs said.
The agency shared images on social networks that showed an al-Nassasra visibly emotional, dressed in a bright red prcs jacket, embracing its colleagues after 37 days in Israeli detention.
His herself with the correctness was unknown after the Israeli army opened fire on the first Palestinian speakers in the Rafah region, in the south of Gaza, on March 23, killing 15 health workers in an attack that led to a generalized indicative and calls for an independent investigation.
“He had been arrested during his humanitarian functions during the massacre of medical teams in the Al-Sultan region of the Rafah governorate,” the PRC said.
The first moments of the arrival and meeting of the colleague Asaad al-Asasrah with his teammates after his release today, after 37 days of detention by the occupation forces. He had been arrested during his humanitarian functions during the massacre of medical teams in Tel … pic.twitter.com/tzghbzhejl
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The PRCs reported last month that Israeli forces had opened fire to doctors, who were leading to ambulances to help the Palestinians injured on the site of a previous Israeli attack.
The agency said it had lost contact with its team and the Israeli forces blocked access to the incident site.
When the United Nations and Palestinian officials were able to reach the region a week later, they found a mass tomb where ambulances and bulldozer bodies were buried.
Eight PRCS workers were killed with six members of the Palestinian Civil Defense team and a United Nations employee, the PRCs said.
“This massacre of our team is a tragedy not only for us at Palestine Red Crescent Society, but also for humanitarian work and humanity,” the agency said in a statement on March 30.
A video recovered on the mobile phone of one of the killed doctors showed his last moments. They wore very reflective uniforms and were inside clearly identifiable rescue vehicles before they were Turned by Israeli forces.
In the midst of the international outcry, the Israeli army announced that it would investigate what happened.
He said last week that his probe had identified a series of “professional failures”. The army said that his code of ethics was not raped and that a soldier had been dismissed.
The PRCs criticized the conclusions of the Israeli army and called for an independent and impartial investigation of a United Nations Corps.
One of the two survivors
Al-Nassasra, 47, is one of the two people who have survived the attack.
The other survivor, Munther Abed, said at the time that he had seen Al-Nassasra being captured, linked and removed.
The father of six spent his family for the last time on the night of the Israeli attack when he disappeared, telling them that he was on the way to the PRCS siege to break his rapid Ramadan with his colleagues, according to his son Mohamed.
When the family tried to call him at dawn the next day, he did not respond, and they discovered RPCs that no one could reach him or the other emergency.
Al-Nassasra had always warned his family that each time he went on a mission, he may not come back, said his son. But the family tried not to think about it when Al-Nassasra continued his work throughout the War of Israel in Gaza.
His colleague Ibrahim Abu al-Kass also told Tel Aviv Tribune that Al-Nassasra had always worn candy to offer children to encourage them to play in a safe place, not in the middle of the road.
Israel carried out an arrest intensification campaign during the war. According to the Palestinian Prisoner Support Network Addameer, at least 9,900 Palestinians are currently detained in Israeli detention establishments, including 400 children.
More than 3,400 are held without charge or trial under what is known as “administrative detention”, which can be renewed for periods of six months indefinitely.
Al-Nassasra was released in Gaza by the Kissupim checkpoint with the other 10 detainees before being sent to the Central Gaza Deir El-Balah hospital for medical examinations.
Reporting the city, Tareq Abu Azzoum of Tel Aviv Tribune said that the released detainees said they had been tortured “horrible manifests” and were in poor physical and psychological condition.
Israeli forces regularly targeted the first stakeholders, humanitarian workers and journalists during the Bombing of Gaza.
More than 52,300 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, while at least 117,905 were injured, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.