Palestinian International Organization for Peace and Human Rights

October 10, 2026

Date of incident: October 7, 2026

Details of the incident

The information published in the report issued on 10 October 2026 shows an incident that occurred on 7 October 2026. Paramedic volunteer Mohammed Mohammed Tamous, 23, was killed in a drone strike on a gathering of civil defense personnel while searching for victims after a previous attack.

Human reflection

Each incident should be dealt with separately, without combining its name and number with other incidents that occurred in the same week. Protecting rescuers during search and rescue operations is essential to saving lives and preventing the death toll from increasing.

Medical protection

The rules for protecting patients and healthcare workers require that ambulances be able to reach the injured without being attacked, and that hospitals, medical facilities, and their humanitarian functions be protected. The impact of any injury is compounded when healthcare services are overwhelmed.

Follow-up and fairness

Regarding the incident of “the killing of a paramedic volunteer while searching for injured people in Khan Younis”, the date of the incident and the entity that published the information must be recorded separately from the date of publication of any subsequent editorial treatment on the organization’s website.

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