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We dug up medics in Gaza. A year later, international law remains buried

Al Jazeera · · 1308 words · By Jonathan Whittall
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“We dug up medics in Gaza.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the claim about medics being dug up in Gaza.
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“Israel has created an environment of impunity for attacks on healthcare that has spread well beyond Gaza’s borders.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support claims about Israeli impunity for healthcare attacks beyond Gaza.
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“Last year, I was working as a senior United Nations official coordinating humanitarian aid in Palestine when Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Civil Defence first responders went missing in southern Gaza.”
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Wikipedia entries mention attacks on healthcare and evacuations but do not directly confirm PRCS/Civil Defence workers going missing in southern Gaza.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A significant number of attacks on healthcare facilities occurred during the Gaza war and genocide. During the first week of the war, there were 94 attacks on health care facilities in Israel and Gaza…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_health_facilities_d…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the Gaza war, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ordered mass evacuations in Gaza, which the IDF said were to minimize civilian casualties in its war against Hamas, resulting in one of the largest…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_Strip_evacuations
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Israeli Air Force conducted numerous concerted aerial bombardment campaigns on the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war until the enactment of a ceasefire in October 2025. Since then, less frequent stri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_bombing_of_the_Gaza_St…
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“For a week after they were killed, we did not know if they were dead or alive.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the UN's inability to confirm medics' deaths for a week.
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“On March 30, my colleagues and I stood over a mass grave in Rafah marked with the light from one of the ambulances that Israeli forces had crushed and dumped nearby.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the mass grave with ambulance light marker in Rafah.
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“The Israeli army dismissed the deputy commander of the Golani Brigade for filing an incomplete report.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the dismissal of an Israeli commander for an incomplete report.
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“The PRCS had been targeted before, including during the rescue attempt of Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl who bled to death in a car riddled with 335 bullet holes, surrounded by the bodies of her family.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support the claim about Hind Rajab's death in a bullet-riddled car.
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“The UN Commission of Inquiry confirmed in 2025 that Israeli authorities knew that blocking the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza would lead to the deaths of Palestinians.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory including East Jerusalem, and Israel was founded after the United Nations Human Rights Council voted, on 27 Ma…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israeli war crimes are violations of international criminal law, including war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of genocide, which Israeli security forces have committed or been accused o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_war_crimes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the October 7 attacks, Israeli women, girls and men were reportedly subjected to sexual violence, including rape and sexual assault by Hamas or other Gazan militants. The militants involved in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_and_gender-based_violen…
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“The UN Security Council responded to a growing number of attacks on hospitals with Resolution 2286 in May 2016.”
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Wikipedia entries reference other resolutions (2321, 2334) but do not confirm Resolution 2286 addressing healthcare attacks in 2016.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United Nations Security Council resolutions are United Nations resolutions adopted by the fifteen members of the Security Council (UNSC); the United Nations (UN) body charged with "primary responsibil…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2321 on its 7821st meeting, November 30, 2016. The resolution was primarily aimed at strengthening international sanctions against No…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 was adopted on 23 December 2016. It concerns the Israeli settlements in "Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem". The res…
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“The World Health Organization (WHO) documented attacks on healthcare rising year after year.”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to support WHO reports on annual healthcare attack trends.
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“Israeli forces struck al-Ahli Hospital, destroying its emergency department.”
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“The author was expelled from Palestine in July for saying publicly what they had witnessed.”
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“Two UN special rapporteurs referred to the attacks on the health system as 'medicide'.”
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“Israeli forces killed at least 222 medical and emergency relief workers in Lebanon from October 2023 to November 2024.”
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“Israeli forces attacked 67 hospitals, 56 primary healthcare centres and 238 emergency medical teams in Lebanon.”
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“Israeli forces bombed the healthcare centre in Burj Qalaouiyah, killing 12 doctors, paramedics and nurses on duty.”
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“The author spent two years negotiating exceptions to receive fuel, medicines, surgical supplies into Gaza.”
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“The author was one of the people who told the UN Commission of Inquiry that Israeli authorities knew blocking aid would lead to Palestinian deaths.”
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