It should be noted that the four Geneva Conventions from 1949 are widely accepted internationally, and are considered among the most established international agreements in international humanitarian law. The instructions they contain, together with other applicable rules of international humanitarian law, have become a basic reference for regulating the behavior of the parties to the war. Also, many of the rules for the protection of the injured, sick and medical personnel are based on binding customary rules, making the legal protection broader than just the treaty obligations arising from accession to a specific treaty. Second, the legal concept of paramedics and ambulances and the scope of their protection in international humanitarian law Article (8/c) of the First Additional Protocol from 1977 attached to the Geneva Convention defines medical personnel as persons designated by one of the parties to the conflict solely for medical purposes, for the management of medical units, or for the operation or management of medical transport. This definition includes military and civilian medical personnel affiliated with one of the parties to the conflict, including personnel designated for the civil defense services, medical personnel affiliated with the national Red Cross societies, including the Red Crescent societies, and other recognized and legally licensed voluntary national ambulance societies. The same article also defines medical transport as the transport of wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea, medical personnel and medical equipment and supplies protected by the Convention and the Protocol, whether transported by land, sea or air. As for medical means of transportation, they include military or civilian means, permanent or temporary, intended solely for medical transport, under the supervision of a qualified body affiliated with one of the parties to the conflict. A medical vehicle is defined as a means of land medical transportation. These definitions are of great importance in examining attacks targeting ambulances in Taiz, because they help determine the nature of the targeted means, the extent of its allocation to medical transport and whether it benefits from the protection established by international humanitarian law. Third, the protection of the wounded and sick in the first and second Geneva Conventions of 1949.

It should be noted that the four Geneva Conventions from 1949 are widely accepted internationally, and are considered among the most established international agreements in international humanitarian law. The instructions they contain, together with other applicable rules of international humanitarian law, have become a basic reference for regulating the behavior of the parties to the war. Also, many of the rules for the protection of the injured, sick and medical personnel are based on binding customary rules, making the legal protection broader than just the treaty obligations arising from accession to a specific treaty. Second, the legal concept of paramedics and ambulances and the scope of their protection in international humanitarian law Article (8/c) of the First Additional Protocol from 1977 attached to the Geneva Convention defines medical personnel as persons designated by one of the parties to the conflict solely for medical purposes, for the management of medical units, or for the operation or management of medical transport. This definition includes military and civilian medical personnel affiliated with one of the parties to the conflict, including personnel designated for the civil defense services, medical personnel affiliated with the national Red Cross societies, including the Red Crescent societies, and other recognized and legally licensed voluntary national ambulance societies. The same article also defines medical transport as the transport of wounded, sick and shipwrecked at sea, medical personnel and medical equipment and supplies protected by the Convention and the Protocol, whether transported by land, sea or air. As for medical means of transportation, they include military or civilian means, permanent or temporary, intended solely for medical transport, under the supervision of a qualified body affiliated with one of the parties to the conflict. A medical vehicle is defined as a means of land medical transportation. These definitions are of great importance in examining attacks targeting ambulances in Taiz, because they help determine the nature of the targeted means, the extent of its allocation to medical transport and whether it benefits from the protection established by international humanitarian law. Third, the protection of the wounded and sick in the first and second Geneva Conventions of 1949.