Rafah, March 31 (RHC)-- Israeli forces are continuing to attack Gaza as Palestinians observe the second day of Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of Ramadan.  On Sunday, Israeli attacks killed at least 64 Palestinians.  Dozens more Palestinians have been killed today, including many children. This comes as the United Nations is warning Gaza may run out of flour for bread within a week as Israel continues its total blockade of aid.

Meanwhile, the Palestine Red Crescent Society has recovered the bodies of 15 emergency workers, including eight medics with the Red Crescent, who were killed when Israeli forces opened fire on their vehicles near Rafah last week.  It was the single deadliest attack on Red Cross or Red Crescent workers in the world since 2017. Jonathan Whittall, a top U.N. official in Gaza, spoke at the site of the mass grave.

Jonathan Whittall: “Health workers have never been a target. And yet we’re here today digging up a mass grave of first responders and paramedics.  Seven days ago, Civil Defense and PRCS ambulances arrived at the scene.  One by one, they were hit, they were struck. Their bodies were gathered and buried in this mass grave.  We’re digging them out in their uniforms, with their gloves on.  They were here to save lives.  Instead, they ended up in a mass grave.  Their vehicles, their ambulances, U.N. vehicles, Civil Defense vehicles are crushed and dumped, covered in sand next to us.  It’s absolute horror what has happened here.”

[ SOURCE:  DEMOCRACY NOW ]