UNRWA teams are not a target,' says chief Philippe Lazzarini, calling for independent investigations into killings - Anadolu Ajansı

Assad Al-Nassasrah, a Red Crescent paramedic, survived shootings that killed 15 emergency and aid workers on March 23 in southern Gaza in an incident that drew international condemnation. Their bodies were found buried in a shallow grave a week later by Red Crescent and U.N. officials who accused Israeli forces of killing them.

For months, the humanitarian situation in Gaza has grown more desperate by the day. Since 2023, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has distributed more than 1.6 million emergency relief items and processed more than 22,000 trucks of humanitarian aid.

The Palestinian Red Crescent warns its operations in Gaza could soon cease without fresh supplies. Fuel shortages have reduced ambulance capacity to a third, amid an 11-week Israeli blockade. Limited aid has reached Gaza,

The head of the Palestinian Red Crescent said on Thursday its operations in Gaza may stop within days in the absence of fresh supplies and its ambulance fleet was running at only a third of capacity due to fuel shortages.