UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk condemned on Wednesday the recent Israeli military attack on a medical and humanitarian convoy in Rafah, southern Gaza, which resulted in the deaths of 15 humanitarian workers.

In a statement on his X account, Turk said, "I condemn the Israeli army's attack on a medical and humanitarian convoy on March 23, which resulted in the deaths of 15 medical and humanitarian workers in Gaza."

He added that finding the bodies of the martyrs in Rafah eight days later, buried next to their clearly marked destroyed vehicles, "is deeply disturbing and raises fundamental questions about the Israeli military's conduct during and after the incident."

The UN Commissioner called for the protection of medical personnel and humanitarian and emergency workers, in accordance with international humanitarian law.

On March 23, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that it had dispatched four ambulances and their crews to rescue people wounded in an Israeli attack in the Rafah area. The statement noted that the victims had been surrounded by the Israeli army, resulting in a number of injuries.