A/HRC/21/50 conducted 12 interviews about attacks on protected persons or objects, in particular schools and medical facilities. 118. The commission recorded multiple incidents of attacks on field hospitals. During an intense shelling period, the Bab Amr field hospital was hit and partially destroyed. In Al Qusayr, in late February, a field clinic was attacked by a helicopter. One witness stated that, in February, the Yousef al-Atmeh school building in Jisr Al Shughour, used as a field clinic by local residents, was bombed by security forces. 119. Members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent were victims of attacks. Five staff members have been killed since the beginning of the crisis, the latest on 10 July in Deir elZour. In May, while evacuating two injured persons in A‘zaz, a Red Crescent ambulance was shot at by military snipers and two medics were injured; all of them were wearing Red Crescent uniforms. On the same day, the Red Crescent office in A‘zaz was shelled and burned. The director was arrested and held for 20 days. 120. On 24 April, in Duma, five ambulances belonging to the Syrian Arab Red Crescent were caught in crossfire. One doctor was killed and four Red Crescent staff members were injured. 121. Government forces continued to occupy public hospitals in several localities. In May, the military placed tanks, armed vehicles and troops inside the compound and snipers on the roof of the national hospital in A‘zaz and Al Qusayr. The same occurred in Al Haffe in June. 122. Government forces occupied schools and other civilian buildings, transforming them into military staging grounds, temporary bases and sniper posts. For instance, in March, a girl from Atarib described the use of two schools as barracks for Government forces, with tanks at the school gates and snipers posted on the rooftops. The school in Al Qusayr was similarly occupied in May. One interviewee stated that, on 11 March, he was shot at by a sniper from the rooftop of the local school in Jondia. 123. The commission finds reasonable grounds to believe that Government forces acted in violation of international humanitarian law by targeting members of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent. These acts may also be prosecutable as a war crime. Furthermore, by positioning its military assets, which are legitimate targets of enemy forces, inside civilian objects, Government forces are violating the international humanitarian law principle of distinction. Government forces have also violated international humanitarian law by deliberately shelling field clinics. 124. The Government‘s occupation of hospitals and schools infringes the rights to education and health. 125. The commission was unable to corroborate allegations of anti-Government groups targeting civilians or civilian objects. J. Pillaging and destruction of property24 1. Government forces and Shabbiha 126. The commission received corroborated reports of the pillaging, destruction and burning of property by Government forces and Shabbiha members during its military operations. Where such acts occurred during house searches, the commission documented 24 20 See also annex XI.