Attack on Ambulances ‘Invitation’ to War Crimes Charges: Varoufakis, Former Greek Finance Minister

The former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has responded to Israel’s attack on a medical convoy, saying that the bombing of an ambulance “violates the Geneva Convention”.

Here are more details on Israel’s deadly strike on an ambulance convoy

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) released a statement late on Friday breaking down the timeline of the attack on a medical convoy in Gaza City that killed at least 15 people.

Here’s the full statement:

“Around 4:05pm local time [14:05 GMT], a convoy of ambulances left Al-Shifa Hospital in a decision that was coordinated with the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza.

The convoy, which was headed towards the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, included five ambulance vehicles: four belonged to the Health Ministry and one belonged to PRCS.

The convoy travelled about four kilometres from the hospital to the al-Rashid coastal road but found it was impassible due to rocks and a large amount of shelling in the area.

The vehicles returned towards the Al-Shifa Hospital; When they were about one kilometre from the facility, the first ambulance at the head of the convoy – which belonged to the Health Ministry – was directly hit.

The other vehicles continued towards the hospital. As soon as the first ambulance reached the gate of Al-Shifa Hospital, the front of the vehicle was hit. This attack killed 15 people and injured dozens.”

🔗Source: Al Jazeera

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