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Israeli Military Faces Scrutiny Over Revised Accounts of Gaza Aid Worker Killings

New evidence shows 15 emergency workers were deliberately targeted on March 23, while recent airstrikes on media tents have intensified calls for independent investigations.

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian-American boy Omar Mohammad Rabea, 14, who was killed by Israeli forces in Turmus Ayya village, during his funeral, near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 7, 2025. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File photo
This frame grab from a video released by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, taken with a phone by one of the 15 Palestinians medics killed, shows Red Crescent emergency vehicles, their lights and sirens flashing and their logos clearly visible, seconds before they came under a barrage of gunfire from Israeli army soldiers in Tel al-Sultan, a district of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, early Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Palestinian Red Crescent Society via AP)
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Overview

  • The Israeli military has revised its initial explanation of the March 23 killing of 15 emergency workers, now attributing the incident to a 'perceived threat,' despite video evidence showing clearly marked ambulances and personnel.
  • Autopsies conducted by the Palestine Red Crescent revealed the aid workers were shot in the upper body 'with intent to kill,' prompting demands for an independent international inquiry.
  • Recent Israeli airstrikes on media tents near hospitals in Gaza killed two people, including a journalist, and injured nine others, drawing further international condemnation.
  • The ongoing 18-month Gaza conflict, which began with a Hamas-led attack on Israel in October 2023, has resulted in over 50,000 Palestinian deaths, including hundreds of aid workers and journalists.
  • Critics highlight a pattern of shifting narratives and lack of accountability in Israeli military operations, with past investigations rarely leading to significant consequences for those involved.