Ten paramedics have been killed and 27 others injured since the start of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip last Saturday, the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip announced on Saturday.
"The Israeli occupation killed 10 paramedics and wounded 27 others with injuries at various levels since the start of the aggression," the ministry said in a statement.
It added that 23 ambulances were destroyed as a result of the continuous airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
The ministry posted on its official Facebook account pictures of ambulances being completely destroyed as a result of the Israeli bombing, according to the source.
Earlier Saturday, the Health Ministry in Gaza called for the immediate opening of the crossings to rescue and allow passage for the wounded and bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, which is subjected to tightened blockade and outage of electricity, according to ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qudra.
