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Gallant accuses Red Crescent of treating Oct. 7 perpetrators, but footage shows otherwise

16 February 2024, 9:15 pm 14 Edit
A Palestinian ambulance at the Erez Crossing on October 7, 2023. (Screen capture/Defense Ministry)
A Palestinian ambulance at the Erez Crossing on October 7, 2023. (Screen capture/Defense Ministry)

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant released footage earlier today of what he said showed medics from the Palestine Red Crescent treating a wounded Hamas terrorist amid the October 7 onslaught at the Erez border crossing.

But analysis of the footage indicates that the medics and ambulance at the scene were from Hamas’s military medical service.

Moreover, the Red Crescent issues a statement saying, “The medical team and the ambulance shown in the video are not of PRCS.”

“The PRCS teams and volunteers are committed to abiding by the humanitarian principles of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement particularly neutrality and impartiality,” the agency tweets. “The PRCS asserts that medical treatment is a right for everyone, and it should be provided to all those in need regardless of their affiliation.”

The Red Cross issues its own statement echoing that sentiment, tweeting that “analysis of the video has been confirmed that the individual is not in a PRCS uniform, nor is it a PRCS ambulance.

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