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Healthcare workers invited to join 'Freedom for Palestine' rally in Derry
Paramedics and healthcare workers will be among those taking part in the 'Freedom for Palestine' rally in Derry.
The rally is taking place on Saturday, April 12; it will assemble a Bishop's Gate in the city before making its way to Guildhall Square.
Organised by the Derry branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (D-IPSC).
Fiona Downey, from Derry, now a GP in Dublin asking for support for Saturday's Rally.
Catherine Hutton, chairperson of D-IPSC, encourages members of the medical profession and the wider community to take part in the rally "in solidarity with healthcare workers under fire" in Palestine and to register their "abhorrence at lives lost for saving lives."
"Join us in solidarity to condemn the murder and targeting of health workers in Gaza," she added.
Saturday's rally comes three weeks after Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers who were on a mission to help collegues, on March 23.
According to the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA), the Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) and civil defence workers were attempting to rescue colleagues who had been shot at earlier in the day, when their clearly marked vehicles came under heavy Israeli fire in Rafah city’s Tel al-Sultan district.
A Red Crescent official in Gaza said that there was evidence of at least one person being detained and killed, as the body of one of the dead had been found with his hands tied.
The head of Ocha in Palestine, Jonathan Whittall, said in a video statement. “One by one, [the paramedics and civil defense workers] were hit, they were struck. Their bodies were gathered and buried in this mass grave.
The head of Ocha in Palestine, Jonathan Whittall.
The head of OCHA in Palestine, Jonathan Whittall, said in a video statement. “One by one, [the paramedics and civil defense workers] 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."
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