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Ezz El-Din Shaat
Ambulance officer killed during the March 23, 2025 Rafah ambulance and rescue convoy attack.
- Record ID
- PAL-27
- Incident date
- March 23, 2025
- Date of death
- March 23, 2025
- Outcome
- Fatal
- Location
- Rafah, Gaza
- Category
- Ambulance officer
- Affiliation
- Palestine Red Crescent Society
What happened
The Palestine Red Crescent Society named Ezz El-Din Shaat among eight of its emergency personnel killed after ambulances responding to reports of injured people in the Al-Hashasheen area of Rafah came under Israeli fire. Rescue access was blocked for days; bodies were recovered on March 30. The Red Crescent demanded an independent international investigation.
Investigation & findings
PRCS and IFRC confirm the person's death in the March 23 convoy incident; organizations allege serious violations of protections for emergency responders.
Last reviewed: October 25, 2026
Sources & records
- Primary source
- Additional source
- Occupied Palestinian Territory humanitarian reportingUN OCHA · UN situation reports
- Journalist casualties in Israel-Gaza warCommittee to Protect Journalists · Press freedom list