Video showing final moments of Gaza emergency workers casts doubt on Israeli account of killings

[essentialsaltes]

A video has emerged showing the final moments of more than a dozen Palestinian emergency workers shot dead by Israeli troops in Gaza last month, casting doubt on Israeli claims that soldiers opened fire on vehicles “advancing suspiciously.”

The video is filmed from the front of a vehicle and shows a convoy of clearly marked ambulances moving along a road at dawn, with headlights and flashing emergency lights on.

Their bodies were found in a mass grave more than a week after they were reported as missing. Eight of the 14 bodies recovered from the site in the southern Rafah area were identified as members of the PRCS, five as civil defense, and one as a UN agency employee, PRCS said in a statement.

The deaths sparked international condemnation, and the footage appears to contradict the assertion by the Israeli military that some vehicles were moving suspiciously without lights.

The paramedic filming, identified by the PRCS as Rifaat Radwan, is heard repeatedly saying the “shahada,” which Muslims recite when facing death. He asks God for forgiveness and says he knows he is going to die.

At one point he says: “Forgive me mom, this is the path I chose – to help people – I swear I didn’t choose this path but to help people.”

 

[Laodicean60]

The brutality in both conflicts, and Russia and Ukraine, is killing POWs.

 

[essentialsaltes]

The brutality in both conflicts, and Russia and Ukraine, is killing POWs.

You can make your own thread about that, or you can comment on first responders running lights being shot dead.

 

[Laodicean60]

You can make your own thread about that, or you can comment on first responders running lights being shot dead.

Ok Bad bad IDF.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Ok Bad bad IDF.

Your empathy for first responders is palpable.

 

[Laodicean60]

Your empathy for first responders is palpable.

Look, I did mention earlier that both are brutal with each other. If you want me to pick sides, I won't.

 

[7thKeeper]

You can make your own thread about that, or you can comment on first responders running lights being shot dead.

No, no. You see, he has to try to make the Russians look better at every chance possible. For reasons, I guess.

 

[rambot]

Israel lies again?

It's pretty simple.


The idf view Palestinians as goyim so they dont tell the truth to or about them.


Israel can't be trusted.

 

[DaisyDay]

Look, I did mention earlier that both are brutal with each other. If you want me to pick sides, I won't.

Really? Your claim is that the first responders are brutal towards the IDF? My sympathy is definitely with the people rushing to help rather than the people rushing to hinder (by beheading, shooting, etc.).

 

[Laodicean60]

Really? Your claim is that the first responders are brutal towards the IDF? My sympathy is definitely with the people rushing to help rather than the people rushing to hinder (by beheading, shooting, etc.).

My claim is Palestinian/Hamas and the IDF are brutal with each other, and it's going both ways in the killing of innocents.

 

[Perpetual Student]

My claim is Palestinian/Hamas and the IDF are brutal with each other, and it's going both ways in the killing of innocents.

Interesting respons.
1) You seem to equate all Palestinians with Hamas, but don't equate all Israelis with IDF Nope, There only IDF is mentioned. Palestinians are fair game, Israeli citizens aren't, only IDF.
2) While Hamas is a terrorist organization, Israel is an ally. To be labelled as a terrorist organization you need to get under a certain bar of behaviour and morality (and Hamas fits that absolutely). I expect from an ally to be above a certain threshold of decency, morality and ethics. Israel has shown time and again to use terror, hunger and war crimes (like the use of white fosfor). How low does Israel need to go before we, the West start to say that no, we don't want to associated with such behaviour?

 

[Laodicean60]

Israelis

Ok also Isrealis.

 

[Desk trauma]

How low does Israel need to go before we, the West start to say that no, we don't want to associated with such behaviour?

There’s no bottom, see the effusive groveling praise for the Israeli state on the floor of congress in response to the attack on the Liberty.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

There’s no bottom, see the effusive groveling praise for the Israeli state on the floor of congress in response to the attack on the Liberty.

The USS Liberty? Wasn't that the ship that accidentally got in the way of Israeli bullets in the 1960s?

 

[Desk trauma]

The USS Liberty? Wasn't that the ship that accidentally got in the way of Israeli bullets in the 1960s?

Yes, such a horrific blunder on our part, I’m surprised we didn’t quadruple aid payments afterwards.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Yes, such a horrific blunder on our part, I’m surprised we didn’t quadruple aid payments afterwards.

Didn’t we reimburse them for the ammo?

 

[Desk trauma]

Didn’t we reimburse them for the ammo?

Still paying reparations last I checked.

 

[Aryeh Jay]

Still paying reparations last I checked.

I suppose that it's justified, we did ruin their initial plan.

 

[essentialsaltes]

‘Professional failures’ led to killing of Palestinian medics in Gaza, says Israeli military​

The investigation identified several failures during the incident, as well as breaches of orders and a failure to fully [or accurately] report the incident, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.

As a result of the investigation, the commanding officer of the 14th Brigade received a letter of reprimand, while the deputy commander of the Golani Reconnaissance Battalion involved in the incident was dismissed from his position.