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Subj: [IAP NEWS] Israeli occupation forces raid Arab Care Hospital and stop ambulances from evacuating the wounded
Date: 4/1/02 9:03:50 AM Mountain Standard Time
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On Sunday 31 March 2002, approximately 30 Israeli soldiers raided the
Arab Care Hospital in Ramallah. Dr. Odwan Al Bargouthi explained to LAW
that Israeli soldiers raided the 3-story-building and held 55 people,
including 9 injured men, in hospital wards, their hands were tied and
they were forced to lie on the floor. Israeli troops also maltreated
those held and cut off all communication with the outside world.
Israeli troops also besieged Waleed Al Nathir Maternity Hospital in
Ramallah and detained patients and staff. The troops wreaked havoc and
fired shots around the hospital. According to nurses, the shooting was
extensive after which ambulance sirens were heard.

Israeli occupation forces have continued to prevent ambulances from
evacuating the wounded and shoot at paramedics and detain them up for
extended periods. Dr. Wael Kadan, from the Palestinian Red Crescent
Society (PRCS), told LAW that Israeli troops stopped four PRCS ambulances
from evacuating wounded Palestinians at the Daraghmi building. “Israeli
troops held the paramedics for 15 minutes and searched ambulances.
Paramedics heard shooting at the Daraghmi stores building… but they were
stopped from evacuating potential wounded people.” added Dr. Kadan.
Later Israeli troops allowed an ambulance belonging to UPMRC to evacuate
the bodies of two Palestinians.

Israeli actions are blatant violations of Articles 16-20 of the 4th
Geneva Convention of 1949 and Articles 9-11 of the Protocols Additional
to the Geneva Conventions.

In light of the above, LAW:

· Demands the Israeli government to immediately stop its crimes and
collective punishment against Palestinians;
· Calls upon the international community to stop subordinating
their political and economic interests to their moral and legal
obligations and to take effective measures in order to protect the rights
and lives of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
including East Jerusalem;
· Calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva
Convention to comply with their obligations to ensure respect of the
Convention;
· Calls upon the European Union, a vital trading partner for
Israel, to suspend its Association Agreement with Israel as a means of
pressuring Israel into compliance with basic norms of international law;
· Demands the UN Security Council to establish a war crime tribunal
and bring Israeli war criminals to justice;
· Demands international protection for Palestinians in the occupied
territories;
· Demands immediate humanitarian aid for besieged Palestinian
people;
· Demands international intervention, especially of the ICRC to
ensure that medical supplies reach those in need of them;
· Demands ICRC to exert pressure on the international community to
end Israeli attacks on Palestinian paramedics and ambulances evacuating
the wounded and taking pregnant women to hospitals;

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