Video exhibits Gaza rescue crews beneath Israeli hearth, medics say : NPR
Mourners collect across the our bodies of eight Crimson Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah every 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 help staff within the southern Gaza Strip final month.
Israel’s navy initially stated “a number of automobiles had been recognized advancing suspiciously towards [Israeli] troops with out headlights, or emergency alerts” on March 23, and the troopers opened hearth.
However the Palestine Crimson Crescent Society launched a video Saturday it stated was present in a cellphone with one of many killed paramedics. It exhibits clearly marked rescue automobiles with headlights on and purple emergency lights flashing. The video was filmed inside one of many automobiles within the convoy.
Within the video, there may be 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 Crimson 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 workforce members… pic.twitter.com/8iWqULxijC
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An Israeli navy official, talking on situation of anonymity to debate an ongoing investigation, instructed reporters that senior navy officers had been finishing an inquiry Saturday and would current their findings to the navy’s chief of workers Sunday.
He denied allegations that troopers had shot medics at shut vary or that medics’ fingers had been cuffed, and stated troopers had coated the our bodies in a internet and buried them beneath sand to keep away from wild animals from disturbing the our bodies.
“All claims, together with the documentation circulating in regards to the incident, will probably be completely and deeply examined to know the sequence of occasions and the dealing with of the scenario,” the navy stated Saturday.
After the incident, the crew was lacking for greater than every week. Rescue groups lastly found the our bodies of 14 Palestinian emergency responders and a United Nations staffer beneath 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, stated in a video on the website the place the our bodies had been discovered. “They had been right here to save lots of lives. As an alternative, they ended up in a mass grave. … It is an absolute horror what occurred right here.”
The U.N. says 408 help staff have been killed in additional than 17 months of warfare in Gaza.
Israel is increasing its navy offensive in Gaza after breaking a ceasefire within the warfare that adopted the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led assault on Israel. Israel says it is preventing to strain the Palestinian militant group to launch hostages and defeat Hamas.
Shir David contributed to this report from Tel Aviv.
