1 of two | The Palestine Pink Crescent Society on Saturday launched a video it says reveals 14 help staff shot useless by Israeli troopers final month. Screenshot courtesy of the Palestine Pink Crescent Society
April 5 (UPI) — The Palestine Pink Crescent Society on Saturday launched a video it says reveals 14 help staff shot useless by Israeli troopers final month.
The humanitarian group posted the just about 7-minute video on its social media channels, which reveals a convoy of ambulances and first help automobiles on a darkish highway at evening, reportedly in Gaza.
The PRCS says the video was taken by a paramedic in one of many automobiles and was later recovered from his physique which was discovered below a pile of sand in a mass grave close to town of Rafah in southern Gaza.
After the automobiles cease, video goes principally darkish across the 2-minute mark, whereas audio continues. Voices shouting and what seem like gunshots can then be heard by means of the rest of it.
“The Palestine Pink Crescent Society has obtained a video from the household of a martyred EMT, discovered on his cell phone after his physique was recovered from a mass grave in Gaza. He was amongst 15 ambulance and reduction staff members focused by Israeli forces on March 23,” the PRCS said on X.
“The footage clearly reveals that the ambulances and hearth vehicles they have been utilizing have been visibly marked, with flashing emergency lights on on the time they have been attacked. This video unequivocally refutes the occupation’s claims that Israeli forces didn’t randomly goal ambulances, and that some automobiles had approached “suspiciously with out lights or emergency markings.”
Israeli officers earlier within the week said they would launch a military-led investigation into the occasions of March 23.
“A number of uncoordinated automobiles have been recognized advancing suspiciously towards IDF troops with out headlights or emergency indicators. IDF troops then opened hearth on the suspected automobiles,” the Israel Protection Forces said at the time.
Of the 14 our bodies recovered, eight have been discovered to be PRCS help staff whereas 5 have been civil protection members. The remaining sufferer labored for a United Nations company, in accordance with the PRCS.
The information comes as tensions proceed to escalate in Gaza, the place round 60 Israeli hostages are nonetheless being held by Hamas militants.
At the least 15 individuals have been killed earlier in the week as Israeli forces broaden their miiltary operation geared toward capturing giant areas of Gaza.
Earlier within the week, the Times of Israel reported Hamas was entertaining a proposal to launch all remaining hostages in trade for a ceasefire to the IDF operation within the Palestinian enclave.
