A/HRC/40/74 On 10 August, in Rafah, Israeli forces killed Abed, who was wearing a white paramedic jacket and carrying a red first-aid kit, with a shot to the chest as he was tending to a wounded demonstrator near the separation fence. He died that day. 70. Israeli forces also injured 40 health workers with live ammunition during the demonstrations. • Volunteer paramedic from Rafah On 6 April, in Rafah, Israeli forces shot a paramedic in the back of the leg as he put a wounded demonstrator on a stretcher into the back of an ambulance, approximately 300 m from the fence. • Volunteer paramedic from Rafah (38) On 13 April, in Rafah, Israeli forces shot a male paramedic and ambulance driver, who was clearly wearing a paramedic uniform, in the back of the leg as he walked alone, carrying an empty stretcher, approximately 200 m from the separation fence. • Dr. Tarek Loubani (37) On 14 May, Israeli forces shot Tarek Loubani, a Canadian-Palestinian physician, as he stood with paramedics in hospital uniform. The bullet passed through both of his legs. • Volunteer paramedic (21) In August 2018, Israeli forces shot a female volunteer paramedic, who was wearing a paramedic uniform, in the chest with live ammunition as she approached a group of wounded demonstrators. • Paramedic from Khan Younis On 19 October, at the Khan Younis site, Israeli forces shot a clearly marked paramedic in the back of the leg as he treated a wounded demonstrator near Jakkar Street. His leg risks amputation. 71. The commission found reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli snipers intentionally shot health workers, despite seeing that they were clearly marked as such. C. Journalists 72. Between 30 March and 31 December, Israeli forces killed 2 journalists and wounded 39 others with live ammunition as they covered the demonstrations. 73. Israeli snipers shot four journalists in the abdomen, just under their vests marked “Press”: • Yasser Murtaja (30) On 6 April, Yasser, a journalist from Gaza City, was shot in the lower abdomen by Israeli forces at the Khan Younis site while he was filming the demonstrations for a documentary. He was wearing a blue helmet and a dark blue bulletproof vest clearly marked “Press”. He died the following day. • Ahmed Abu Hussein (24) On 13 April, Ahmed, a journalist from the Jabaliya refugee camp was shot by an Israeli sniper in the lower abdomen at the north Gaza site while he was taking photographs of the demonstrations, approximately 300 m from the separation fence. He was wearing a blue helmet and a blue vest clearly marked “Press”. He died of his injuries 12 days later. • Freelance photojournalist (24) On 30 March, Israeli forces shot a freelance photojournalist, who was wearing a blue vest clearly marked “Press”, from Khan Younis twice, in the lower abdomen and in the back, while he was taking a break with two other photojournalists from 15

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