Since the ceasefire ends, Israel has been continuously targeting Gaza. In these attacks, a big statement has been made about the death of 15 emergency service personnel. The Israeli army has admitted that its soldiers made a mistake in killing emergency service workers in Southern Gaza on 23 March. In the incident, Rafa fired on a Palestinian Red Crisant Society (PRCS) ambulance, a United Nations Car and a Gaza Civil Defense Fire Brigade truck near Rafa.
However, Israel had earlier said that the convoy was moving in a suspicious manner in the dark, so Israeli soldiers opened fire. It was also said that the army was not already informed about the movement of these vehicles.
Video footage released
The video footage recorded on the phone of one of the first killed paramedics revealed that the lights of vehicles were burning while calling the injured for help. However, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that six of the dead doctors were associated with Hamas. But he has not yet provided evidence for this charge.
However, the IDF has admitted that those killed had no weapons when the soldiers opened fire. Let us tell you that the video related to the attack is more than five minutes long, in which the paramedic prayers called Shfat Radwan are heard and then the voices of the Israeli soldiers are heard.
What did the Israeli army say?
An IDF official said that his soldiers first opened fire on a car in which three people from Hamas were riding. After this, when the ambulance proceeded in that direction, the air monitor monitors informed the soldiers that the convoy was proceeding in a suspicious manner. He said that when the ambulance stopped near Hamas’s car, the soldiers felt that they were in danger and they attacked.
Vehicle without a light
Israel admitted that the information given by him was wrong, and said that there was no light in the vehicles included in the convoy. He credited this to the reports of the soldiers involved in the incident. The video showed that vehicles were traces and paramedics were wearing ‘high quality uniforms’.
The body was found a week later.
An IDF official said that the bodies of 15 killed were buried in the sand. He claimed that the next day the vehicles were also removed from the scene. Let us tell you that the dead bodies have not been found even after a week of the incident.
When the rescue team found the dead body, he also found the mobile phone of Refet Radwan, which had a video of the incident. However, IDF officials denied that a doctor was handcuffed before the death. He said that he was not hurt closely.
Demand for investigation of incident
Meanwhile, the IDF has said that the incident will be thoroughly investigated. However, Red Crescent and many other international organizations have demanded an independent inquiry into the incident. Israel resumed attacks in Gaza on 18 March after the end of the first phase of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas and the second phase of talks came to a standstill.
The war began when on October 7, 2023, Hamas -led militants attacked Israel, with about 1,200 people killed and 251 hostage. There are still 59 hostage in Gaza. 24 people are believed to be alive; The rest of the people were released under ceasefire or other agreements.
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