
© ReutersPalestinians mourn medics killed by Israeli army, Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip • Palestine • March 31, 2025
The Israeli military was forced to revise its initial account of last month's deadly strike that killed 15 emergency workers near Rafah after incriminating video footage of the incident was released by the
Palestinian Red Crescent. It has released new details while acknowledging that investigations into the incident are still ongoing.
The 15 paramedics and emergency responders were shot dead on March 23 and buried in a shallow grave where their bodies were found a week later by officials from the United Nations and the Palestinian Red Crescent. Another man is still missing.
The military initially said soldiers had opened fire on vehicles that approached their position "suspiciously" in the dark without lights or markings. It said they killed nine Hamas and Islamic Jihad members, who were traveling in Palestinian Red Crescent vehicles.
But
video recovered from the mobile phone of one of the dead men and published by the Palestinian Red Crescent
showed emergency workers in their uniforms and clearly marked ambulances and fire trucks, with their lights on, being fired on by soldiers. The only known survivor of the incident, Palestinian Red Crescent paramedic Munther Abed, also said he had seen soldiers opening fire on clearly marked emergency response vehicles.
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