Director of Ambulances in Gaza Killed by Zionist Occupation Forces

Hani al-Yaafrawi, director of the Ambulance Service and the Emergency Department of the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip, June 2024 Photo: @Khabrnews1

June 24, 2024 Hour: 6:15 pm

The occupying forces carried out additional bombardments in the southern cities of Khan Younis and Rafah.

The director of the Ambulance Service and the Emergency Department of the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip, Hani al-Yaafrawi, was killed after an Israeli army bombing of the Al Daraj clinic in central Gaza City.

According to the Gaza Strip Civil Defence Service, Yaafrawi was killed along with another member of his team.

Meanwhile, in Rafah, in southern besieged territory, two displaced persons were killed and others injured.

The occupying troops also opened fire on a civilian in the “Al-Shoka” region, causing his death.

Scenes of the funeral procession of the Director of the Ambulance and Emergency Services Administration at the Ministry of Health, Dr. Hani Al Jaafrawi, who was killed yesterday by an Israeli airstrike on a clinic in the center of Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/VYcDzenqjv
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 24, 2024

On the other hand, a few hours earlier, an Israeli attack on the vicinity of a UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) centre south-west of Gaza City left five people dead.

More than 37.98 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli offensive in Gaza, launched on 7 October, while more than 550 have been killed in the West Bank and Jerusalem.