Gaza: Bodies of 15 medics and aid workers are found in mass grave after Israeli attack, UN reports

The United Nations has called for “justice and answers” after the bodies of eight Palestinian medics, six first responders, and one UN staff member—still in their uniforms and gloves—were recovered from a mass grave in southern Gaza after an attack by Israeli forces.1

The UN said that the “clearly identified” humanitarian workers had been dispatched to collect injured people on 23 March in the Rafah area and had been travelling in five ambulances, a fire truck, and a clearly marked UN vehicle. They then “came under fire from Israeli forces who were advancing in the area,” after which their teams lost contact with them.

On 31 March the UN’s emergency relief coordinator, Tom Fletcher, posted on the social media platform X,2 “15 emergency and aid workers in Gaza were found buried …