Younis al-Khatib, president of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, says the fate of nine crew members in southern Gaza "remains unknown" after Israeli forces hit their ambulances, adding that they are waiting for news from the Israeli side as "the last contact we know of was between the team, whether injured but alive, and the Israeli soldiers." The Israeli military said troops had opened fired on ambulances after identifying them as "suspicious vehicles", in an incident on Sunday in southern Gaza that Hamas authorities condemned as a war crime. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES