Gaza – Saba:
The General Directorate of Civil Defense in Gaza Strip strongly denounced the Israeli enemy's destruction of nine "Kibashat" (bulldozers and heavy equipment) by targeting them inside the Jabalia Al-Nazla Municipality headquarters in the northern Gaza Strip.
In a press statement on Tuesday, reported by the Quds Press Agency, the Civil Defense confirmed that these bulldozers were being used in cooperation with municipalities for humanitarian missions, such as clearing rubble, rescuing the wounded, and recovering the bodies of martyrs.
Muhammad Al-Mughir, Director of Supply and Equipment at the Civil Defense, stated that the nine bulldozers were brought in through the Egyptian Qatari Committee in two batches during the recent ceasefire. They included five CAT 950B bulldozers, three CAT 950E bulldozers, and one CAT 972 bulldozer.
Palestinian Center for the Disappeared and Forcibly Hidden condemns Israeli Forces' Destruction of Rescue Equipment in Gaza.
The Palestinian Center for the Disappeared and Forcibly Hidden strongly condemned the heinous crime committed by Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday dawn, involving the deliberate destruction of bulldozers and heavy machinery designated for rescue operations, recovering victims' bodies, and saving the injured from under the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza Strip.
In a press statement issued on Tuesday, the Center emphasized that this intentional targeting occurred despite repeated appeals from local and international entities, including a recent plea from the Center urging the international community and UN institutions to allow the entry of such equipment into the besieged enclave to assist in recovering the bodies of missing children trapped under the debris.
The rights group affirmed that the deliberate targeting of the remaining rescue equipment in Gaza—following the destruction of dozens of such machines over the past months—exposes the occupation’s systematic policy of concealing evidence of its crimes. It further stressed that this act is a direct extension of the crime of enforced disappearance, perpetrated against thousands of missing individuals, including children, women, and the elderly, whose bodies remain buried under rubble for weeks without their families being able to bury them or even determine their fate.
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