Offering unparalleled access to Gaza’s emergency response services
The film, shot by Palestinian journalist Feras Al-Ajrami, follows the PRCS in northern Gaza during the first month of Israel’s retaliatory campaign
BBC News Arabic, from the BBC World Service, announces the release of Gaza 101: Emergency Rescue. A powerful new film offering unprecedented access to the frontline of the Israel-Gaza war through the eyes of first responders.
The film, shot by local Palestinian journalist Feras Al-Ajrami, offers rare, intimate access to the work of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), an independent humanitarian organisation which is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
The PRCS is the leading provider of emergency medical services in Gaza, treating thousands at PRCS run hospitals, providing vital first aid, taking the injured to hospitals and sheltering displaced people.
The PRCS’s ambulance service is the first to respond when civilians call 101, the Gaza emergency number. Filmmaker Al-Ajrami spent the first month of the war embedded with the PRCS and documented the experiences of four Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics.
They work under difficult conditions especially when Israel cuts communications across Gaza and they are unable to respond to emergency calls amidst heavy aerial bombardment – part of Israel’s retaliatory military campaign.
Featuring extensive testimony from the PRCS crew as they conduct their rescue missions, the film shows the extreme psychological toll of providing humanitarian services in a warzone as well as the immense personal sacrifices the crew are making in a time of war.
The powerful film offers audiences a glimpse at the devastation of the war for civilians, including children, and provides crucial context for audiences of what many are now calling a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, following months of intense warfare and limited access to supplies and aid.
On October 7th Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel from Gaza – the deadliest in Israel’s history. In retaliation the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) immediately began a massive campaign of air strikes on targets in Gaza.
More than 27,700 Palestinians have been killed and at least 65,000 injured by the war, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Israel has repeatedly rejected claims it deliberately targets civilians, accusing Hamas of hiding in and around civilian infrastructure.
BBC News Arabic, from the BBC World Service, announces the release of Gaza 101: Emergency Rescue. A powerful new film offering unprecedented access to the frontline of the Israel-Gaza war through the eyes of first responders.
The film, shot by local Palestinian journalist Feras Al-Ajrami, offers rare, intimate access to the work of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), an independent humanitarian organisation which is part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
The PRCS is the leading provider of emergency medical services in Gaza, treating thousands at PRCS run hospitals, providing vital first aid, taking the injured to hospitals and sheltering displaced people.
The PRCS’s ambulance service is the first to respond when civilians call 101, the Gaza emergency number. Filmmaker Al-Ajrami spent the first month of the war embedded with the PRCS and documented the experiences of four Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics.
They work under difficult conditions especially when Israel cuts communications across Gaza and they are unable to respond to emergency calls amidst heavy aerial bombardment – part of Israel’s retaliatory military campaign.
Featuring extensive testimony from the PRCS crew as they conduct their rescue missions, the film shows the extreme psychological toll of providing humanitarian services in a warzone as well as the immense personal sacrifices the crew are making in a time of war.
The powerful film offers audiences a glimpse at the devastation of the war for civilians, including children, and provides crucial context for audiences of what many are now calling a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, following months of intense warfare and limited access to supplies and aid.
On October 7th Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel from Gaza – the deadliest in Israel’s history. In retaliation the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) immediately began a massive campaign of air strikes on targets in Gaza.
More than 27,700 Palestinians have been killed and at least 65,000 injured by the war, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Israel has repeatedly rejected claims it deliberately targets civilians, accusing Hamas of hiding in and around civilian infrastructure.
Gaza 101: Emergency Rescue is available in the UK on BBC iPlayer from 6am Tuesday 13 February. International audiences can watch the film on BBC News Arabic TV at 1730 GMT Tuesday 13 February and on the BBC News Arabic and BBC World Service YouTube channels.
Read the full story on the BBC News Website on Tuesday 13 February.
Gaza 101: Emergency Rescue was filmed by Feras Al-Ajrami and produced by BBC News Arabic.
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Gaza 101: Emergency Rescue is available in the UK on BBC iPlayer from 6am Tuesday 13 February. International audiences can watch the film on BBC News Arabic TV at 1730 GMT Tuesday 13 February and on the BBC News Arabic and BBC World Service YouTube channels.
Read the full story on the BBC News Website on Tuesday 13 February.
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