Mourners collect across the our bodies of eight Purple Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah per week after an Israeli assault, as they’re transported for burial from a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, March 31.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Palestinian medical officers say they obtained video footage that refutes Israel’s claims in regards to the killing of 15 rescue and assist staff within the southern Gaza Strip final month.
Israel’s army initially mentioned “a number of automobiles had been recognized advancing suspiciously towards [Israeli] troops with out headlights, or emergency indicators” on March 23, and the troopers opened hearth.
However the Palestine Purple Crescent Society launched a video Saturday it mentioned was present in a cellphone with one of many killed paramedics. It reveals clearly marked rescue automobiles with headlights on and crimson emergency lights flashing. The video was filmed inside one of many automobiles within the convoy.
Within the video, there’s heavy gunfire over the course of a number of minutes, and a person’s voice says in Arabic, “Mother, forgive me. That is the trail I selected, to assist folks.”
🚨 Video That Exposes the Israeli Occupation’s Lies
The Palestine Purple Crescent Society has obtained a video from the household of a martyred EMT, discovered on his cell phone after his physique was recovered from a mass grave in Gaza. He was amongst 15 ambulance and aid staff members… pic.twitter.com/8iWqULxijC
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) April 5, 2025
On Thursday, the Israel army mentioned a high-level army investigation was going down to find out whether or not to open a legal investigation into misconduct over the March 23 incident.
“All claims, together with the documentation circulating in regards to the incident, can be totally and deeply examined to know the sequence of occasions and the dealing with of the state of affairs,” the army mentioned Saturday.
After the incident, the crew was lacking for greater than per week. Rescue groups lastly found the our bodies of 14 Palestinian emergency responders and a United Nations staffer below a mound of sand on March 31.
“One after the other they had been hit, they had been struck. Their our bodies had been gathered and buried on this mass grave,” Jonathan Whittall, an official with the U.N. Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, mentioned in a video on the web site the place the our bodies had been discovered. “They had been right here to avoid wasting lives. As an alternative, they ended up in a mass grave. … It is an absolute horror what occurred right here.”
Israel is increasing its army offensive in Gaza after breaking a ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas final month. In little over two weeks, the Israeli marketing campaign has killed greater than 1,300 Palestinians, in accordance with the Well being Ministry in Gaza. Israel says it has focused a number of Hamas militant and authorities leaders within the strikes.
