Missing Gaza medic in Israeli custody: PRCS

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on Sunday that a medic who had been missing since an Israeli attack on ambulances in Gaza was “forcibly abducted” by troops and is being held by Israeli authorities.

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“We have been informed by the International Committee of the Red Cross that medic Asaad AI Nsasrah is being held by the Israeli occupation authorities,” the PRCS said in a statement.

“His fate had remained unknown since he was targeted along with other PRCS medics in Rafah," it said, referring to the attack that left 15 medics and rescuers dead.

When contacted for comment on the PRCS's latest announcement, the |sraeli military referred reporters to an earlier statement noting that army chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir had ordered a thorough investigation in to the attack.