Mr. Abed said he was relieved when the Israelis brought another Paramedic of the Red Crescent, Asad al-Nasasra, Still alive, to a group of detainees. In foxes and bonded eyes, Mr. Al-Nasasra, he whispered to him what he knew about their colleagues, Mr. Abed recalled.

Two looked wounded, one of them seriously, said Mr. Al-Nasasra told him. And last time he saw them, recalled Mr. Al-Nasasra, the two recited Shahad.

One Israeli soldier sounded triumphantly when Mr. Abed asked about other ambulance workers, he recalled. “Your colleagues – all of them are gone!” He told him, mockingly, in a broken Arabic, Paramedic said.

“May God calm his soul,” Mr. Abed recalled.

Another soldier told him, also in the broken Arabic, that God had taken “these terrorists” to hell.

In the end, the soldiers led Mr. Al-Nasasra, another paramedic, far away. He is still missing, according to the red crescent.

That afternoon, Dr. Al-Bardawil and Mr. Abed said they were asked to help soldiers saying a large group of civilians who gathered in the area to evacuate the area. After they did, they were released, they said.

Hurry, Mr. Abed left his jacket, an ID and a bank card behind.

His parents have panicked since they heard of attacks.

“Make sure you are fine, dear son,” his mother Somaya Abed, 49, sent him a message at 7:52 in the morning, according to a message that she showed a New York Times journalist.

There was no answer until Mr. Abed was released around 4pm, he immediately called his father.

“I’m finally sure,” said the younger Mr. Abed.

But after hours of repeated beating, he could barely walk, he said. A red crescent vehicle had to bring it home.