Video Evidence Contradicts Israeli Army's Claims in Gaza Paramedic Attack
Footage shows clearly marked ambulances with lights and sirens active, undermining Israeli assertions of suspicious behavior in the fatal attack on rescue workers.
- Fifteen paramedics were killed in Gaza when Israeli forces opened fire on a convoy of rescue vehicles near Rafah.
- The Israeli Army claimed the vehicles approached suspiciously without lights or sirens, but video evidence contradicts this account.
- Verified footage shows ambulances and fire trucks with active lights and sirens, as well as rescue workers in reflective uniforms exiting vehicles to assist victims.
- The video, provided by a senior UN official and authenticated by the New York Times, captures continuous gunfire and the distress of rescue workers during the attack.
- The Israeli Army alleges nine of the deceased were affiliated with Hamas or Islamic Jihad and misused the rescue vehicles, a claim yet to be independently verified.