A Jewish teenager wounded in Friday afternoon's deadly terror attack in the West Bank told the emergency services hotline that a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance drove on past him and his dead and injured family members, despite having seen them. The recording of the call made by the 16-year-old after his father and bigger brother were shot dead near Otniel was played on local television on Friday night. The boy, his mother and 3 sisters were evacuated to the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba. The boy suffered shrapnel wounds to his lower body and his mother and sisters were treated for shock. The father, hit by gunfire, swerved into the opposite lane, where he crashed into rocks by the side of the road. His older son called rescue services but was then also shot dead. The younger brother called Magen David Adom's hotline to report the attack. In the recording the boy can be heard saying there are "at least two wounded" with one suffering a head injury. He is then heard to say "there is a Red Crescent ambulance here." When the operator asks the boy for more details on the wounded, to discern how many ambulances to dispatch to the scene, the boy tells her, "there are two wounded here, but we have the Red Crescent with us." He then says "the Red Crescent ambulance drove away from us, I don't know why." The operator tells the boy that help is on the way and asks him to confirm the number of the Israeli ambulance that then arrived. "Is it 163?" she asks. He says a different vehicle arrived. The operator recognizes the number: "It's Negev 197," she says. An excerpt from the call: Operator: Where? Caller: About a kilometer from Otniel. They fired on our car. Operator: Otniel, in which direction? Caller: Heading south. Operator: Heading south? Caller: They've reached us... there's a Red Crescent ambulance, we have two wounded. Operator: How many wounded in total? Caller: At least two. There were seven of us in the car. Operator: There are at least two wounded at the scene? Now, tell me... we are on the way to you. Caller: No, no, at least two wounded. Operator: I said, at least two wounded. Where are they wounded? Caller: Yes, yes Operator: Where are they wounded? Go over them for me one by one. Caller: One in the head, one in the head. We have here... we have here Red Crescent. Operator: That's absolutely fine. Caller: One in the head, definitely at least one more... The Red Crescent drove away from us, I don't know why. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Yoav Mordechai, sent an inquiry to the Palestinian rescue service, Channel 10 reported. Based on the 1949 Geneva Conventions, the ICRC declares in its mission that it is an "impartial, neutral and independent organization whose exclusively humanitarian mission is to protect the lives and dignity of victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence and to provide them with assistance." COGAT is considering filing a complaint to the ICRC against the Red Crescent in the Palestinian territories over the incident, Channel 10 reported. --------------- Hamas issued their blessing less than 1 hour after the shooting attack, calling it heroic act, and saying this is a step forward in the current Intifada.

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Terror victim: Red Crescent (Palestinian) ambulance saw us and drove away; Hamas welcome shooting of Jewish family

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