Israel bombs Gaza ambulance as Friday death toll surpasses 100

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An Israeli airstrike hit an ambulance and killed a paramedic Friday as Israel stepped up its bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip following the collapse of a ceasefire earlier in the day.

Palestinian medical sources said that paramedic Atef Zamili was killed in an airstrike on his vehicle and that seven passengers were wounded.

Zamili's death brings to 16 the number of health workers who have been killed in Israeli strikes since the beginning of the assault 25 days ago. This is third 13th ambulance to be targeted in an Israeli attack, according to the ministry of health.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces widened their assault across the Gaza Strip on Friday afternoon, launching further ground movements in Shujaiyya in eastern Gaza City, Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=717447

More Israeli self defense.

[FBaggins]

1. 8+ people in an "ambulance"

Doesn't take much imagination to figure out what's going on here.

[Countdown_3_2_1]

2. Ambulance = Terrorist Taxi

Spelling it for the haters here.

[kayecy]

4. Do you have any evidence for making that statement?...........n/t

[FBaggins]

7. How much do you need?

From last week

From 2009

[kayecy]

5. I suppose you think that there are so many ambulances in Gaza that....

I suppose you think that there are so many ambulances in Gaza that there are enough to provide individual transport for every one of the wounded?

[FBaggins]

6. Nope... there's very likely a shortage of them

Because so many are used to transport terrorists and weapons instead sick/injured civilians.

[azurnoir]

3. awful ambulances carying wounded are targeted

I see some here going about 8 people in 1 ambulance gotta be terrorists but hardly this took place during a shelling attack by IDF, 8 people does not seem very out of line to me perhaps if we were talking about more normal times it could be a point but during an attack that left 100's wounded and as of yet uncounted dead, hardly surprising Gaza isn't some American town on a summer afternoon yet that seems to be the standard used here to determine who's who and what's what