US EditionIsrael admits mistakes over medic killings in Gaza
- The Israeli military revised its initial account of a deadly strike that killed 15 emergency workers near Rafah, acknowledging that the initial report was incorrect after video evidence emerged from the Palestinian Red Crescent.
- Palestinian Red Crescent paramedic Munther Abed reported that soldiers opened fire on clearly marked emergency vehicles during the incident.
- The U.N. And Palestinian Red Crescent have called for an independent inquiry into the incident, as investigations by the Israeli military are still ongoing.
- An Israeli military official indicated that investigators are examining video evidence and will present their findings to army commanders.
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Israeli Military Says Its Troops Opened Fire at Rescue Vehicles in March After Identifying Them as Hamas Vehicles
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on April 20 that its troops opened fire on ambulances in a series of incidents in Gaza on March 23 under the impression that they posed a threat to the IDF, citing the Hamas terrorist group’s frequent use of such vehicles “to transport terrorists and weapons.” The IDF stated that 15 Palestinians were killed in three separate shooting incidents in Gaza. Of those killed, it said, six were identified “in a retro…
The mother of the paramedic who filmed the IDF massacre: 'The world now knows how they kill us in Gaza'
Interview with the mother of Refaat Radwan, the 23-year-old who documented the Israeli raid against the Red Crescent convoy with the telephone. Before he died, he asked the woman for her forgiveness. “Of course I forgive him but I wish he were here.”
Editorial: Killing of paramedics a new atrocity in unending conflict
After 18 months of slaughter, it is still possible to be shocked by events in Gaza. More than 50,000 people have been killed, according to Palestinian health authorities. More are starving because Israel has cut off aid. The offensive is…
Surrounded, they beg for their lives: “They are killing us”
Fifteen aid workers in Gaza were killed in an attack that drew worldwide attention. There is growing evidence that the initial version of the incident from the Israeli military was not accurate. Now 360 Israeli medics are demanding that the soldiers involved be prosecuted.
The only survivor of the deadly ambush of health teams near Rafah recounts the "terrifying" attack: "A sudden and intense shooting by Israeli soldiers hit the vehicle"
The Israeli Army's version, which called the doctors "terrorists," was called into question last weekend, when the Red Crescent released mobile phone images recovered from a dead doctor. Read
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