Video Emerges of Aid Workers Being Fired Upon in Gaza, Contradicting Israeli Account of Deadly Attack
- A video from an aid worker's cellphone shows marked ambulances under fire in Gaza, as stated by the Palestine Red Crescent.
- Fifteen humanitarian personnel were killed in an attack by Israeli forces on March 23, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society and the United Nations.
- The Israeli military claims it did not target ambulances, insisting shots were fired at suspicious vehicles.
- UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, condemned the incident and expressed concerns about possible war crimes committed by the Israeli military.
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The images show that the paramedics wore their uniforms and went in ambulances with the emergency lights on, contradicting the first justifications of the Israeli troops. More information: Israel again attacks chef José Andrés's NGO in Gaza and kills another of its workers in a bombing of a dining room
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der Standard DEIsrael subsequently changed the portrayal of the death of the rescue forces. Corpses of 15 Red Crescent and UN collaborators were found in a mass grave
At first, Israel had claimed that the ambulances had turned off their lights. The last shots of one of the fatalities show that the killed were clearly identified as medical personnel.
Images found in a mass grave deny Israel's version: attacked ambulances had lights on. Video is of a paramedic ending with a prayer before dying from a bullet in the head.
Israeli military changes initial account of Gaza aid worker killings after video surfaces
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
Palestine Red Crescent Releases Video Showing Israeli Murder of First Responders in Gaza
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has published mobile phone footage taken by a slain Palestinian paramedic refuting Israel’s account of why its soldiers opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a fire truck on March 23, killing 15 rescue workers. The video shows the vehicles moving in the dark with their headlights and emergency flashing lights switched on. Israeli forces then opened fire on the vehicles for several minutes. The Israel…
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