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The head of the Palestinian Red Crescent said on Thursday that a paramedic who survived an attack that killed 15 aid workers was spared because he asked Israeli soldiers for mercy in Hebrew, adding that he hoped the man’s testimony would help win justice.
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.
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Oof.
I remember when reading this story this was something that had confused me. The articles reported the IDF killing an entire squad of medics, and then the article had this one guy saying, ‘We had our lights on! They knew who we were!’ And I was wondering why and how there was an entire group of medics slaughtered, and just one survivor somehow speaking to the press. It was never really mentioned in the articles I read why or how this guy wasn’t decomposing in a shallow grave with the rest of his group.
I guess this is why. He pleaded convincingly, and they weren’t certain if he might be an Israeli citizen, so they arrested him instead of executing him. That is fucked all to hell, but at least now I have the answer. Shit.
