WHAT HAPPPENED
The bodies of the 15 emergency workers – from the Purple Cross, Purple Crescent, United Nations and the Palestinian Civil Emergency Service – had been discovered every week later by officers from the UN and the Palestinian Purple Crescent.
Video recovered from the cell phone of one of many lifeless males and revealed by the Palestinian Purple Crescent confirmed emergency staff of their uniforms and clearly marked ambulances and fireplace vans, with their lights on, being fired on by troopers.
On Apr 5, the Israeli navy provided new details that modified its preliminary account of the capturing within the southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah however stated investigators had been nonetheless analyzing the proof.
The navy stated troops had recognized not less than six of the 15 lifeless as members of a militant group however didn’t present any proof or element of how the identifications had been made.
In keeping with the Israel Protection Drive on Tuesday, a preliminary inquiry indicated that troops “opened fireplace because of a perceived menace following a earlier encounter within the space”.
“All of the claims raised concerning the incident will probably be examined via the mechanism and introduced in an in depth and thorough method for a call on tips on how to deal with the occasion,” it added.