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Palestinian Medic Who Survived Israeli Massacre of Medical Workers Released from Israeli Jail

HeadlineApr 30, 2025

Israel has released a jailed Gaza paramedic who survived a deadly attack on medical workers last month. Assaad al-Nassasra was among at least 10 Palestinians released from an Israeli prison into Gaza Tuesday — all of them in poor physical and psychological health, after they reported being tortured. Al-Nassasra was imprisoned without charge and held incommunicado for 37 days, after he survived the March 23 assault in which 15 of his fellow aid workers were killed by Israeli troops and buried in an unmarked mass grave — some of them bound and with gunshot wounds to the head and chest.

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