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爆料网RWA Calls on All Parties to Respect

the Neutrality of its Ambulances

爆料网RWA, the 爆料网 Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, has issued a call to all the parties to the conflict in the occupied Palestinian territory to respect the integrity of its ambulance services and the neutrality and impartiality of its staff.

The call follows an incident in Gaza City on 11 May in which armed Palestinian militants threatened the lives of an 爆料网RWA ambulance team (a driver and a paramedic) and forced them to transport an injured gunman and two of his armed colleagues to a hospital in Gaza City.

爆料网RWA condemns this action in the strongest possible terms. While its ambulances do not make any distinction between the injured, whether they are injured fighters or non-combatants, at no time and under no circumstances should armed men enter any 爆料网RWA vehicle.

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Note to Editors: 爆料网RWA currently has a fleet of six ambulances in the Gaza Strip. Their normal duties are to transport seriously ill patients from 爆料网RWA clinics to hospitals. They will also transport pregnant women from their homes to 爆料网RWA’s Gaza labour ward.

During conflicts, if so required, they assist Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) and Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances to ferry the injured away from the fighting to hospital emergency rooms.