Article (19) of the First Geneva Convention states that it is forbidden under any circumstances to attack fixed installations and mobile units belonging to medical services, but they must be respected and protected at all times by the parties to the conflict. He also required the competent authorities to ensure that these facilities and units are located away from the dangers arising from attacks on military targets. This article confirms that medical units are not legitimate military targets simply because they are in the area until armed conflicts, but enjoy special protection that requires the parties to the conflict to respect them and not target them. In the same context, Article 35 states that means of transporting the wounded and sick and medical equipment must be respected and protected, as well as mobile medical units. This means that the legal protection is not limited only to the hospital or the health center, but includes means of transportation intended for transporting the wounded, sick and medical equipment, in accordance with the conditions set forth in the relevant legal rules. Therefore, damaging an ambulance intended for transporting the wounded and sick, or attacking it because it is performing its medical mission, constitutes a crime from the point of view of international humanitarian law. Fifth: Legal protection for paramedics and medical teams The protection of ambulances cannot be separated from the protection of the people who operate them or provide medical care through them. The paramedic who goes to the scene of the collision to rescue the injured is performing a humanitarian mission protected by international humanitarian law. In this context, Article 24 of the First Geneva Convention states that medical teams who are fully engaged in the search, collection, transportation, treatment or prevention of diseases must be respected and protected, as well as employees who are fully engaged in the management of medical units and facilities. Section (25) also provides protection for members of the armed forces who have undergone special training for use when necessary as nurses or as assistant carriers of patient stretchers, when they perform these tasks under conditions of contact with Israel or fall under its authority. Therefore: protected medical teams must be respected and protected, and they must not be treated as military targets just because they are on the battlefield. Sixth, the provisions of the first and second additional protocols of 1977.

Article (19) of the First Geneva Convention states that it is forbidden under any circumstances to attack fixed installations and mobile units belonging to medical services, but they must be respected and protected at all times by the parties to the conflict. He also required the competent authorities to ensure that these facilities and units are located away from the dangers arising from attacks on military targets. This article confirms that medical units are not legitimate military targets simply because they are in the area until armed conflicts, but enjoy special protection that requires the parties to the conflict to respect them and not target them. In the same context, Article 35 states that means of transporting the wounded and sick and medical equipment must be respected and protected, as well as mobile medical units. This means that the legal protection is not limited only to the hospital or the health center, but includes means of transportation intended for transporting the wounded, sick and medical equipment, in accordance with the conditions set forth in the relevant legal rules. Therefore, damaging an ambulance intended for transporting the wounded and sick, or attacking it because it is performing its medical mission, constitutes a crime from the point of view of international humanitarian law. Fifth: Legal protection for paramedics and medical teams The protection of ambulances cannot be separated from the protection of the people who operate them or provide medical care through them. The paramedic who goes to the scene of the collision to rescue the injured is performing a humanitarian mission protected by international humanitarian law. In this context, Article 24 of the First Geneva Convention states that medical teams who are fully engaged in the search, collection, transportation, treatment or prevention of diseases must be respected and protected, as well as employees who are fully engaged in the management of medical units and facilities. Section (25) also provides protection for members of the armed forces who have undergone special training for use when necessary as nurses or as assistant carriers of patient stretchers, when they perform these tasks under conditions of contact with Israel or fall under its authority. Therefore: protected medical teams must be respected and protected, and they must not be treated as military targets just because they are on the battlefield. Sixth, the provisions of the first and second additional protocols of 1977.