
Video recovered from a Palestinian doctor’s cell phone, killing with 14 colleagues Gaza Last month it contradicted Israeli claims.
The video was found on the phone call of the late Rifat Radwan and released on Saturday by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) – showing their last moments as Palestinian physicians, wearing highly reflexive uniforms and displaying inside a clearly recognizable Prcs ambulance Israeli troops shooting On March 23, in the Taal Suldan community in southern Gaza.
The Israeli military said its soldiers “did not randomly attack” any ambulances, insisting they shoot “terrorists” who approached them with “suspicious vehicles.” It said: “In the absence of headlights or emergency signals, several uncoordinated vehicles were found to be advancing suspiciously (the Israeli army)”.
China lost eight workers in the attack. Six members of the Palestinian Civil Defense Agency and employees of the United Nations Refugee Agency were also killed on the same day.
Their bodies were found buried near Rafa in what the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said.
What does the video show?
The video was apparently taken from inside a moving vehicle, capturing a red firetruck and ambulance all night.
The vehicles were stuck at each other on the side of the road, and two uniformed men left. A moment later, fierce gunfire broke out.
In the video, two kinds of doctors were heard – one said “vehicle, vehicle” and the other replied: “It seems to be accidental.”
A few seconds later, a burst of gunfire broke out and the screen turned black.
Later, the doctors on the recording site can be heard reciting the Islamic Faith Declaration, namely Sahada, which Muslims traditionally say in the face of death. “No God, but God, Muhammad is his messenger.” He said repeatedly, his voice trembling with fear as it continued to shake in the background.
He also heard him say, “Forgive my mother because I chose the way to help people.” Then, he said, “Accept my difficulties, God, forgive me.”
Before the video ended, he was heard saying, “The Jews are coming, the Jews are coming,” apparently referring to Israeli soldiers.
The People’s Republic of China said it had dispatched a convoy in an emergency call from trapped civilians after Israeli bombing in Rafah.
According to Gaza’s civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal, several members of their team had their hands and feet tied to their heads and torso visible and visible bullet injuries, indicating that they were executed at close range because of their humanitarian work being identified. He said a civil defense officer was beheaded and the rest of the body was divided into pieces.
Jonathan Whittall, the head of Ocha in the Palestinian territory, said the bodies of humanitarian workers “wear in their uniforms and still wear gloves.”
An Israeli military official said the bodies had been covered with “sand and cloth” to avoid damage until a coordination with international organizations could be arranged for their search. The military added that it is investigating the attack.
“There is no parallel in modern history”
A Gaza civil defense spokesman told Al Jazeera on Saturday: “Israel “must be responsible for its crimes and there are no parallel crimes in modern history.”
“We requested the establishment of an international commission of inquiry to capture the occupation caregivers of the dynasty,” the spokesman said. He added that Palestinian rescue workers will continue to “perform their duties, despite intentional targeting them.”
The Gaza government media office said in a statement on Saturday that the Israeli military carried out “brutal, unprecedented” executions against medical and civil defense teams, calling it “another crime added to the occupied black records.”
It said the video “completely refuted the false and misleading narratives of the Israeli occupation” and the videos were approaching “suspiciously” without clear signals.
The Palestinian group Hamas said on Saturday that “irrefutable visual evidence undermines the lies of the “suspicious movement” fabricated by the profession, proves a systematic targeting of humanitarian personnel and constitutes premeditated murder under international law”.
“We demand international justice for victims of this outrageous crime,” it said.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk also condemned the attack, raising concerns from the Israeli military about possible “war crimes.”
Volker Turk on Thursday called for an “independent, timely, thorough investigation” in the UN Security Council, calling for “I am shocked by the recent killings of 15 medical staff and humanitarian aid workers, which further concerns about war crimes by the Israeli military.”
According to UNRWEI engineers, at least 408 aid workers have killed at least 408 aid workers in Gaza since the war began on 7 October 2023. More than 50,000 Palestinians, most of whom are children and women, have been killed since then.