US EditionIsrael admits mistakes over medic killings in Gaza
- The Israeli military revised its account of an incident in Rafah where 15 emergency workers were killed, admitting to mistakes after video evidence emerged from the Palestinian Red Crescent.
- The paramedics were shot dead on March 23 and later found buried by U.N. Officials and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
- Investigation findings indicated troops shot at emergency vehicles, though the military claimed they were targeting militants from Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
- The U.N. And Palestinian Red Crescent have called for an independent inquiry into the killings, asserting that emergency services were attacked while responding to reports of injuries.
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The mother of the paramedic who filmed the IDF massacre: 'The world now knows how they kill us in Gaza'
Interview with the mother of Refaat Radwan, the 23-year-old who documented the Israeli raid against the Red Crescent convoy with the telephone. Before he died, he asked the woman for her forgiveness. “Of course I forgive him but I wish he were here.”
Editorial: Killing of paramedics a new atrocity in unending conflict
After 18 months of slaughter, it is still possible to be shocked by events in Gaza. More than 50,000 people have been killed, according to Palestinian health authorities. More are starving because Israel has cut off aid. The offensive is…
Surrounded, they beg for their lives: “They are killing us”
Fifteen aid workers in Gaza were killed in an attack that drew worldwide attention. There is growing evidence that the initial version of the incident from the Israeli military was not accurate. Now 360 Israeli medics are demanding that the soldiers involved be prosecuted.
The only survivor of the deadly ambush of health teams near Rafah recounts the "terrifying" attack: "A sudden and intense shooting by Israeli soldiers hit the vehicle"
The Israeli Army's version, which called the doctors "terrorists," was called into question last weekend, when the Red Crescent released mobile phone images recovered from a dead doctor. Read
Hundreds of Israeli medics demand prosecution over IDF strike that killed 15 aid workers
Around 360 Israeli medical professionals, half of them doctors, signed a letter urging an investigation into the killing of aid workers with practical outcomes: 'Killing rescue and medical personnel is a blatant violation of international law.' The IDF said it is investigating
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