15 doctors killed in IDF firing; Israeli army admits mistake after video surfaced
Israel has been continuously targeting Gaza after the ceasefire ended. A big statement has been made in the case of the killing of 15 emergency service personnel in these attacks. The Israeli army has admitted that its soldiers made a mistake in the killing of emergency service personnel in southern Gaza on 23 March.
In this incident, an ambulance convoy of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), a UN car and a fire brigade truck of Gaza's Civil Defense were fired upon near Rafah.
Israeli admits mistake
However, Israel had earlier said that the convoy was moving suspiciously in the dark, so Israeli soldiers opened fire. It was also said that the army was not informed before the movement of these vehicles.\
Video footage reveals
Earlier, video footage recorded from the phone of one of the killed paramedics revealed that the lights of the vehicles were on when calls were being made for help to the injured people. However, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) had said that six of the doctors who died were associated with Hamas. But it has not yet provided evidence of this allegation.
15 doctors killed in IDF firing
Although, the IDF has admitted that when the soldiers opened fire, the people killed did not have any weapons. Let us tell you that the video related to the attack is more than five minutes long, in which a paramedic named Refat Radwan is heard praying and after this the voices of Israeli soldiers are heard.
What did the Israeli army say?
An IDF officer said that their soldiers first fired on a car in which three Hamas men were travelling. After this, when the ambulance moved towards that side, air surveillance monitors informed the soldiers that the convoy was moving suspiciously.
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He said that when the ambulance stopped near the Hamas car, the soldiers felt that they were in danger, and they attacked.
The vehicles in the convoy were without lights
Israel admitted that the information it had given earlier was wrong, which said that the vehicles in the convoy were without lights. He cited the reports of the soldiers involved in the incident behind this.
Information was received from the video that markings were put on the vehicles and the paramedics were wearing 'high-vis uniforms'.
Bodies recovered after a week
The IDF officer said that the bodies of the 15 people killed were buried in the sand. He claimed that the vehicles were also removed from the spot the next day. Let us tell you that the bodies could not be found till a week after this incident.
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Later, when the rescue team found the bodies, they also found Refat Radwan's mobile, which contained the video of the incident. At the same time, the IDF officer denied that any doctor was handcuffed before his death. He said that he was not killed from close range.
Demand for investigation of the incident
At the same time, the IDF has talked about a full investigation of the incident. However, the Red Crescent and many other international organizations have demanded an independent investigation into the incident. Israel resumed attacks in Gaza on March 18 after the first phase of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas ended and the second phase of talks stopped.
International organizations have demanded an independent investigation into the incident
The war began when Hamas-led terrorists attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, killing about 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. There are still 59 hostages in Gaza. 24 are believed to be alive, most of the rest were released under ceasefire or other agreements.
More than 50,000 Palestinians killed
At least 50,695 Palestinians have been killed in the Israeli offensive, according to Gaza's health ministry, which does not say how many were civilians or fighters but says more than half were women and children. It says 115,338 others have been injured.
Summary
The Red Crescent and many other international organizations have demanded an independent investigation into the incident. Israel resumed attacks in Gaza on 18 March after the first phase of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas ended and the second phase of talks stalled.
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