From the crusading Guardian:
Medical staff and ambulance drivers who attempted to assist casualties of the Israeli invasion of Gaza have told the Guardian that they were attacked by Israeli forces while trying to carry out their job.
The
offensive left 16 medics dead. Nearly all of them were killed by
Israeli fire while trying to save lives, and many more were wounded.
According to the World Health Organisation, more than half of Gaza's 27
hospitals were damaged by Israeli bombs. Two clinics were completely
destroyed and 44 others received damage.
…In a statement, the IDF said: "The IDF does not target medics or
other medical staff. As a part of their training, IDF soldiers receive
instructions on identifying and avoiding injury to medical staff in the
battlefield.
"However, in light of the difficult reality of
warfare in the Gaza Strip carried out in urban and densely populated
areas, medics who operate in the area take the risk upon themselves."
