Information attributed to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has circulated on social media, claiming that it has found the bodies of missing civil defense and Red Crescent personnel in Rafah. The text reads: “Palestine Red Crescent: The bodies of civil defense and Red Crescent personnel were found in Rafah after they were executed.”
Kashif verified the statement and found it to be fake. Kashif contacted the Palestinian Red Crescent’s media officer, Nibal Farsakh, who clarified that the information was incorrect. The Palestinian Red Crescent later issued a statement denying its authenticity.
On Friday evening, 28/3/2025, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) issued a statement denying reports that the bodies of missing ambulance crews had been found after they were targeted by Israeli forces in Rafah. Earlier, the PRCS had reported that they had not found the bodies of any of the missing crews, while they found the four ambulances completely destroyed and buried in sand.
On 23/3/2025, the Israeli occupation forces targeted four Red Crescent ambulances while carrying out their humanitarian mission in the Hashashin area of Rafah. The Red Crescent said in a statement: “An ambulance was subjected to heavy gunfire while transporting wounded persons, resulting in the injury of its crew. When three additional vehicles were sent to evacuate them, the Israeli occupation forces surrounded the area and detained the crews. The occupation also released one of the paramedics after he was severely beaten.” For the sixth day in a row, the fate of nine Palestine Red Crescent ambulance crews remains unknown, as the occupation army continues to prevent entry to the area to complete the search for the missing medical crews.