{"id":37970,"date":"2025-04-05T08:19:37","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T08:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/our-aid-workers-were-brutally-killed-and-thrown-into-a-mass-grave-in-gaza-this-must-never-happen-again-jagan-chapagain\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T08:19:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T08:19:37","slug":"our-aid-workers-were-brutally-killed-and-thrown-into-a-mass-grave-in-gaza-this-must-never-happen-again-jagan-chapagain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/our-aid-workers-were-brutally-killed-and-thrown-into-a-mass-grave-in-gaza-this-must-never-happen-again-jagan-chapagain\/","title":{"rendered":"Our aid workers were brutally killed and thrown into a mass grave in Gaza. This must never happen again | Jagan Chapagain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A record number of humanitarian workers were killed last year. My staff\u2019s red uniforms should have protected them. Instead they became their death shrouds<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jagan Chapagain is secretary general of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/05\/families-tell-of-shock-over-idf-killing-of-gaza-paramedics\">\u2018What was their crime?\u2019 Families tell of shock over IDF killing of paramedics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Which was most horrific? The agonising week-long wait \u2013 silence after our colleagues went missing, as we suspected the worst but hoped for something different? Or the confirmation, seven days later, that bodies had been found? Or, since, the ghastly details of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/31\/israel-killed-15-palestinian-paramedics-and-rescue-workers-one-by-one-says-un\">how<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/mar\/31\/israel-killed-15-palestinian-paramedics-and-rescue-workers-one-by-one-says-un\"> they were found, and killed<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Their ambulances were crushed and partly buried. Nearby were their bodies \u2013 also buried, en masse,<em> <\/em>in the sand. Our dead colleagues were still wearing their Red Crescent vests. In life, those uniforms signalled their status as humanitarian workers; they should have protected them. Instead, in death, those red vests became their shrouds.<\/p>\n<p>Jagan Chapagain is secretary general of the IFRC (International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? 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