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Archiv: 23-03-2025 massacre of paramedics and shelling ambulance in Gaza by Israeli military / cover-up / mass graves discovered on 30-03-2025
New footage shows aid workers killed deliberately by Israel on March 23
(April 5, 2025)
A video discovered on a slain medic’s phone reveals the truth behind Israel’s targeting of 15 aid workers on March 23 in Palestine’s Gaza.
Israel initially claimed the vehicles were unmarked and “suspicious,” falsely stating that they had “killed nine militants.”
The footage, however, reveals that the ambulances and fire trucks involved were clearly marked with emergency lights when they were targeted.
Autopsies of Gaza Medics Killed by Israeli Troops Show Some Were Shot in the Head
(April 15, 2025)
The New York Times obtained autopsy reports for 14 of the 15 people killed in a March 23 attack on an ambulance and fire truck.
‚Operational misunderstanding‘ led to killing of Gaza medics, IDF inquiry says
Fourteen emergency workers and a UN worker were killed on 23 March after a convoy of Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances, a UN car and a fire truck came under fire by the Israeli military.
In a statement, the IDF said its troops opened fire believing they were facing a threat from enemy forces.
The IDF said its investigation found six of the casualties were Hamas members, and rejected that there had been summary executions.
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It blamed „poor night visibility“, which the IDF said meant the commander did not identify the vehicles as ambulances.
„Point-Blank“: Israeli Soldiers Execute 15 Gaza Medics & Rescue Workers, Bury in Unmarked Mass Grave
Outrage is growing over Israel‘s killing of 15 Palestinian medics and rescue workers north of the Gazan city of Rafah in the predawn hours of March 23. Israel initially claimed the convoy had suspiciously approached troops without headlights or flashing lights, but video footage shows the ambulances had their lights on when Israeli troops opened fire, unleashing a barrage of bullets. A paramedic who was inside the vehicle when it came under fire recorded the video on a cellphone and was among the 15 aid workers killed and buried in an unmarked mass grave. Diana Buttu, a Palestinian human rights attorney, calls the killing „the height of dehumanization.“
PRCS Calls for Independent International Investigation to Hold Those Responsible for the Crime of Targeting Ambulance Teams in Rafah Accountable
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) affirms that the targeting of its ambulance convoy by Israeli forces in the Al-Hashasheen area of Rafah on March 23 constitutes a full-fledged war crime, and it reflects a dangerous pattern of repeated violation of international humanitarian law. This massacre claimed the lives of eight members of the PRCS emergency medical teams: Mustafa Khafaja, Ezz Al-DeenShath, Saleh Muammar, Rifaat Radwan, Mohammad Bahloul, Ashraf Abu Labda, Mohammad Al-Heela, and Raed Al-Sharif. The fate of medic Asaad Al-Nassasrah remains unknown to this day. We therefore call on the occupying authorities to immediately disclose his whereabouts. Video footage, documented by our late colleague and medic Rifaat Radwan, shows the final moments of the team as they drove clearly marked ambulances with flashing emergency lights toward the site where the first ambulance had been targeted. Despite the clear identification of the vehicles and teams, the convoy came under heavy gunfire for approximately five minutes, as shown in the published footage. Furthermore, communication between the team and the Central Dispatch Center confirms that the gunfire continued for no less than two hours, with continuous shooting heard until contact was completely lost with one of the medics. PRCS affirms that this was neither a random incident nor an individual error, but rather a series of deliberate attacks. The first was the shooting of an ambulance en route to evacuate casualties after a home was bombed in the Al-Hashasheen area.
Israel Says Its Account of Rescue Workers Killed in Gaza Was Partly ‘Mistaken’
The assessment, which was shared in a briefing with reporters by an Israeli military official, came the day after a video obtained by The New York Times appeared to contradict the military’s earlier version of events. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity under army rules.
Palestinian Red Crescent Society on the recent deaths of members – Press Conference | United Nations
The President of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Dr. Younis Al-Khatib told reporters in New York that he had presented audiovisual evidence and had urged the Security Council “to support the call for an independent and thorough investigation” following the discovery of the bodies of eight missing medics from the PRCS in a mass grave in Gaza.
According to the he International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) an emergency medical team of nine disappeared along with their ambulances after they came under heavy fire in Al-Hashashin on 23 March. After seven days, the bodies of ambulance officers Mostafa Khufaga, Saleh Muamer and Ezzedine Shaath and first responder volunteers Mohammad Bahloul, Mohammed Al-Heila, Ashraf Abu Labda, Raed Al Sharif and Rifatt Radwan were retrieved. Ambulance officer Assad Al-Nassasra is still missing.
New footage of aid workers killed in Gaza contradicts Israeli account of deadly attack
Newly surfaced video challenges the Israeli military‘s account of a strike on an aid convoy in Gaza, showing the moment when 15 humanitarian workers were killed last month.
ITV News reveals shocking details of 15 Red Crescent paramedics killed in Gaza by Israeli soldiers
Questions are growing over what happened in Rafah, late last month, when Israeli forces killed 15 emergency workers. On Wednesday, ITV News reported accusations that some of the Red Crescent paramedics appeared to have been executed. Now, we have obtained pictures, with the bodies apparently alongside lengths of twine.
New footage shows aid workers killed deliberately by Israel on March 23
A video discovered on a slain medic’s phone reveals the truth behind Israel’s targeting of 15 aid workers on March 23 in Palestine’s Gaza.
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
A video, discovered on the cellphone of a paramedic who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a mass grave in Gaza in late March, shows that the ambulances and fire truck that they were traveling in were clearly marked and had their emergency signal lights on when Israeli troops hit them with a barrage of gunfire.
Officials from the Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a news conference on Friday at the United Nations moderated by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies that they had presented the nearly seven-minute recording, which was obtained by The New York Times, to the U.N. Security Council.
Gaza: Paramedic still missing after aid worker killings, Palestinian Red Crescent Society calls for answers
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the killing of 15 humanitarian workers in Gaza on 23 March.
Red Crescent massacre: Palestinians are betrayed in a world ruled by outlaws
The cold-blooded killing of 15 Red Crescent and civil defence first responders has elicited no condemnation from major powers. This is the age of lawlessness
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Israeli anti-Zionist commentator Alon Mizrahi posted on X this week:
„As Israel and the US announce and begin to enact plans to ethnically cleanse Gaza of Palestinians, let‘s remember that the International Court of Justice has not even convened to discuss the genocide since 24 May 2024, when it was using very blurry language about the planned Rafah action….
IFRC condemns the killing of eight Palestine Red Crescent medics in Gaza
Geneva, 30 March 2025: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is outraged at the deaths of eight medics from Palestine Red Crescent Society, killed on duty in Gaza.
An emergency medical team of nine disappeared along with their ambulances when they came under heavy fire in Al-Hashashin on 23 March. After seven days of silence and having access denied to the area of Rafah where they were last seen, the bodies of ambulance officers Mostafa Khufaga, Saleh Muamer and Ezzedine Shaath and first responder volunteers Mohammad Bahloul, Mohammed Al-Heila, Ashraf Abu Labda, Raed Al Sharif and Rifatt Radwan were retrieved today (30 March). Ambulance officer Assad Al-Nassasra is still missing.
Bodies of 8 Red Crescent medics found a week after Israeli soldiers fired at ambulances
At least 14 bodies have been recovered in southern Gaza, including the bodies of eight medics, a week after Israeli soldiers fired at ambulances.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said the bodies were retrieved after „seven days of silence“ and of having access denied to the area of Rafah where they were last seen. The medics were found along with those of six members of Gaza‘s civil defense agency and one U.N. agency employee, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a statement posted to X on Sunday.