Israel changes version of attack on rescuers in Gaza

The Israeli army changed its version of an attack that killed 15 Palestinian members of medical teams and regret in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in late March. The initial version was that the ambulances in which the Palestinians were approaching suspiciously of an area stored by Israeli soldiers. But a video released yesterday by the American newspaper The New York Times It shows that the doctors and rescue vehicles were properly identified and with lit lights, which led to the change of version.

What happened

An Israeli Army spokesman acknowledged that the dead Palestinians were the emergency lights lit during the attack. According to the newspaper Times of Israelan army source told reporters yesterday that the initial version was given according to reports of soldiers who were on site. He denies that the paramedics have been executed at close range or buried to hide the crime, such as the society of the Crescent Palestinian red, responsible for the ambulances, he claimed. The Israeli army representative said the ditch was dug to protect animal bodies and the location was informed to the United Nations (UN).

The images were recovered from the cell phone of one of the 15 rescuers killed in the action. They show ambulances, a fire truck, and a UN vehicle with a signaling on, contradicting the initial allegation of Israel’s Defense Forces (IDF).