zionist forces stopped and searched a Red Crescent ambulance at a checkpoint northeast of Bethlehem on Friday, claiming they were searching for explosives.
The ambulance crew said they were transferring cancer patient, Bouthayna Khalil, from Jericho to Beit Jala, near Bethlehem. zionist soldiers forced the crew out of the ambulance at gunpoint, claiming they were looking for explosives.
The ambulance crew was detained and medical equipment confiscated from the ambulance.Director of ambulance and emergency at the Red Crescent Abed Al-Halim Ja'afreh told Ma'an News Agency that ambulance officer Mohammed Abu Ajamieh and driver Bilal Abu Awwad were detained for about 40 minutes.
The zionist soldiers broke all the equipment in the ambulance, he added.He accused the zionist forces of endangering the life of the patient.
Off course no explosives were found in the ambulance.Ja'afreh also called on all humanitarian and human rights bodies to intervene to prevent attacks on ambulance crews.
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