Phone footage appears to contradict Israel’s account in killing of 15 Palestinian medics
Video from a medic killed by Israeli forces appears to contradict Israeli claims that medics’ vehicles did not have emergency signals on when troops fired on them in #Gaza.
The footage shows medics driving slowly with emergency lights flashing, logos visible. The teams do not appear to act in a threatening manner as they approach a previously stricken ambulance.
They immediately come under a barrage of gunfire which lasts over 5 minutes. The owner of the phone can be heard praying.
“Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose, mother, to help people,” he cries, his voice weak.
8 Red Crescent and 6 Civil Defense workers and a UN staffer were killed before dawn on March 23 by #Israeli troops who then bulldozed over the bodies and mangled vehicles, burying them in a mass grave.
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