Members of the Palestine Pink Crescent and different emergency companies carry our bodies of fellow rescuers killed per week earlier by Israeli forces, throughout a funeral procession at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis within the southern Gaza Strip on March 31.
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Members of the Palestine Pink Crescent and different emergency companies carry our bodies of fellow rescuers killed per week earlier by Israeli forces, throughout a funeral procession at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis within the southern Gaza Strip on March 31.
Eyad Baba/AFP through Getty Photos
On March 23, the loss of life toll in Gaza surpassed 50,000 folks killed by Israeli fireplace within the battle with Hamas.
That is the story of 15 individuals who had been killed the identical day.
There have been airstrikes throughout the territory, and within the south Israeli troops opened fireplace on a crew of emergency employees in ambulances and a firetruck.
At first, the Israeli navy mentioned the autos had been “advancing suspiciously” towards troops, “with out headlights or emergency indicators.” It mentioned the troopers had eradicated a lot of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants.
A recording unearthed days later informed a unique story finally main the Israel to conduct an investigation. The outcomes blamed an “operational misunderstanding” and cite skilled failures.
In additional than 18 months of battle – it has been uncommon for the Israeli Navy to acknowledge failure.
Developing the story of what occurred.
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This episode was produced by Connor Donevan, with reporting by Anas Baba, Hadeel al-Shalchi, Yanal Jabarin, Abu Bakr Bashir and Ahmed Abuhamda.
It was edited by James Hider and Courtney Dorning.
Our govt producer is Sami Yenigun.
