Palestinian emergency workers pull out of northern Gaza, saying IDF is targeting them [Video]

Palestinian Civil Defence announced Wednesday it will pull out of northern Gaza, saying its crews, which carry out first responder and search and rescue services, have been targeted by Israeli attacks as they tried to pull survivors — or bodies — from the rubble or offer first-aid to the injured.

The volunteers who work with the agency in northern Gaza have been working under impossible circumstances and doing so without access to crucial supplies, reporters heard at a press conference at the Al-Ahli (Al-Ma’madani) Arab Hospital.

“We are now announcing that the northern Gaza Strip, all of the northern district, the Civil Defence is not providing any humanitarian services, any medical services [in the area],” said Mahmoud Basel, a spokesperson for Palestinian Civil Defence.