PRCS Attends to 603 Persons Wounded During The March of Return

(Al Bireh - 15/5/2018): PRCS’ Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) attended to about 621 Palestinians wounded in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as occupation forces cracked down on protesters taking part in the Nakbah Day  on Tuesday 15 May,2108.

PRCS’ teams provided first aid services to 233 casualties in the Gaza Strip alone, including 30 Palestinians shot with live ammunition, 177 tear gas suffocation cases, 22 tear gas canister wounds and 5 other casualties caused by shells, burns, falls and shrapnel. 

In the West Bank, the PRCS medical teams provided their medical assistance to 388 casualties,  including 5 Palestinians shot with live ammunition ,237 tear gas suffocation cases, 139 rubber bullet wounds, and 5 other casualties caused by shells, burns, falls and shrapnel, due to beating by Israeli soldiers.

In addition, PRCS recorded 4 violations committed by Israeli occupation forces against its EMTs in the line of duty. 1PRCS’ members from the emergency medical teams were suffocated due to  tear gas canister. In addition, three  PRCS ambulances were attacked and sustained different damages in the Gaza Strip and West bank. 

These practices constitute a crying violation of International Humanitarian Law provisions which call for the respect and protection of medical missions as well as for facilitating their work.

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