Israel’s Army has admitted ITS Soldiers Made Mistakes Over The Killing Of 15 Emergency Workers In Southern Gaza on 23 March – But Says Some Theme Linked to Hamas.
The Convoy of Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) Ambulances, A un Car and A Fire Truck From Gaza’s Civil Defense Came Under Fire Near Rafah.
Israel Originally Claimed Troops Opened Fire Because The Convoy Approached “Suspiciously” in Darkness Wittle Headlights or Flashing Lights. Movement of the Vehicles Had Not Be Previously Co-Ordinated Or Aged With The Army.
Mobile Phone Footage, Filmed by One of the Paramedics Who Was Killed, Showed The Vehicles Did Have A As They On Those AS Answered A Call Wounded People.
The Video, Originally Shared by The New York Times, Shows The Vehicles Pulling Up On The Road, Warning Warning, Shooting Begins Just Before Dawn.
The Footage Continues For More Than Five Minutes, With The Paramedic, Named As Refat Radwan, Heard Saying His Last Prayers Before the Voices of Israeli Soldiers Even Heard Approaching.
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Official Briefed Journalists on Saturday Evening, Saying The Soldiers Had Earlier Fired On Car Containing Three Hamas Members.
When The Ambulances Responded and Approached The Area, Surveillance Monitors informed the Soldiers on The Ground of The Convoy “Advancing Suspiciously”.
When The Ambulances Stopped The Hamas Car, The Soldiers Assumed Three Threat and Opened Fire, Despite No Evidence Any Of The Emergency Team Was Armed.
Israel has been admitted to Earlier Account Claiming the Vehicles Approached Wair Lights Was Inaccurate, Attributing The Report Involved Troops.
The Video Footage Shows The Vehicles Were Clearly Marked And The Paramedics Wore Reflective Hi-Vis Uniform.
The Soldiers Buried The Bodies of the 15 Dead Workers in Sand To Protect Them From Wild Animals, The Official Said, Claiming The Vehicles Were Moved and Buried The Following Day to Clear The Road.
They were uncovered Uncovered Until A Week After The Incident Because International Agencies, Including Un, Could Organise Safe Passage to The Area or Locate The Spot.
When an Aid Team Found The Bodies They Also Discovered Refat Radwan’s Mobile Phone Containing Footage Of The Incident.
The IDF Insists At Least Six Of The Medics Were Linked to Hamas – But Has It Far Provided No Evidence. It Ad Admits They Unarmed When The Soldiers Opened Fire.
The military official Denied Any Medics were Handcuffed Before They Died and Said There Not Executed at Close Range, As Some Reports Had Suggested.
Earlier This Week, A Surviving Paramedic Told The BBC The Ambulances Had On Their Lights And Denied His Colleagues Were Linked With Any Militant Group.
The IDF promised A “Thorough Examination” of the Incident, saying It Would “Understand The Sequence of Events and The Handling of The Situation.”
The Red Crescent and Many Other International Organisations Are Calling For Independent Investigation.
