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On October 11, 2023, a paramedic Hatem Awad (48 years old) was killed by an alleged Israeli bombing of the ambulance near Karni crossing, east of Gaza Governorate.
Nader AlBuhaisy wrote in his Facebook post that Hatem Awad died after a direct attack on the ambulance. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society specified that the paramedic was killed while “performing his humanitarian duty and after obtaining a green light to go to the location at the Karni crossing”, east of Gaza Governorate.
Safa Press reported that medical personnel at Al-Shifa Hospital performed funeral prayers for Hatem Awad after his death. His daughter, Lamees H Awad, shared a tearful testimony on Facebook: “Dad, it’s too soon”.
Where possible, names have been matched with the Palestinian Ministry of Health list of fatalities in Gaza released on October 26th, 2023.
The further details of the incident are unknown.
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Reports of the incident mention the Karni crossing (معبر كارني), for which the generic coordinates are: 31.475512, 34.477903. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further.