Muhammad Al-Hila

Their life

Identity & Role
Full Name: Muhammad Khaled Al-Hila
Age: 36 at time of death
Affiliation: Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS)
Role: Emergency medic and ambulance team leader
Years of Service: 10+ years in trauma response across Gaza
Key Life Events
Early Life: Born in Rafah, Gaza, Al-Hila grew up amid repeated conflicts, inspiring his career in emergency medicine.
Career:
Joined PRCS in 2014 after the Gaza war, specializing in mass-casualty triage.
Led teams during 2018–2019 Great March of Return protests, treating gunshot wounds under fire.
Trained 300+ volunteers in first aid for PRCS’s "Community Medic" program.
Final Mission: Killed on March 23, 2024, while responding to Israeli shelling in Rafah’s Hashashin area.

Identity & Role
Full Name: Muhammad Khaled Al-Hila
Age: 36 at time of death
Affiliation: Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS)
Role: Emergency medic and ambulance team leader
Years of Service: 10+ years in trauma response across Gaza
Key Life Events
Early Life: Born in Rafah, Gaza, Al-Hila grew up amid repeated conflicts, inspiring his career in emergency medicine.
Career:
Joined PRCS in 2014 after the Gaza war, specializing in mass-casualty triage.
Led teams during 2018–2019 Great March of Return protests, treating gunshot wounds under fire.
Trained 300+ volunteers in first aid for PRCS’s "Community Medic" program.
Final Mission: Killed on March 23, 2024, while responding to Israeli shelling in Rafah’s Hashashin area.
Circumstances of Death
Attack Details:
Israeli forces fired on marked PRCS ambulances with lights/sirens active.
Sustained gunshot wounds to the chest and head (per PRCS autopsy).
Body recovered days later from a mass grave in Tal al-Sultan.
Contradictions:
Israel claimed "suspicious movement," but PRCS video showed ambulances clearly identified.
Legacy & Survivors
Humanitarian Impact:
Named "Martyr of Duty" by PRCS; his protocols for field triage remain in use.
Memorialized in UN OCHA reports as a symbol of attacks on healthcare workers.
Family:
Survived by his wife (Amina) and three children (ages 4, 7, 9).
His brother, Yasser Al-Hila, continues his work as a PRCS volunteer.
Unresolved Justice
PRCS Demands:
ICC investigation into his killing as a war crime.
Return of his medical kit and ID card, seized by Israeli troops.
Accountability for the 27 PRCS staff killed since October 2023.
Quote from Colleague:
"Muhammad’s hands saved hundreds. Israel killed him for wearing the very emblem meant to protect him."

How they died

killed by Israeli gunfire

A plea from the family

As of now, there have been no publicly reported statements or pleas from the surviving relatives of Mohammed al-Heila, one of the eight medics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society killed in Rafah on March 23, 2025. The organization and broader humanitarian community have strongly condemned the killings and are calling for accountability. While individual family voices haven't surfaced publicly, their grief is echoed in the collective demand for justice and protection of humanitarian workers.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Muhammad Al-Hila, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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