Sun Apr 06 13:45:08 UTC 2025: ## Israeli Military Retracts Account of Palestinian Medic Killings After Video Surfaces

**UNITED NATIONS, April 6, 2025** – The Israeli military has retracted its account of the killing of 15 Palestinian medics in the Gaza Strip last month after a video emerged contradicting its claims. The video, obtained by the Associated Press from a UN diplomat, shows the Red Crescent and Civil Defense vehicles clearly displaying emergency lights and logos moments before being fired upon by Israeli soldiers on March 23rd.

The initial Israeli military statement claimed the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without lights or emergency signals. However, a military official later admitted this account was “mistaken.” The graphic footage, reportedly recovered from the pocket of a slain medic, depicts the medics approaching a damaged ambulance before coming under sustained gunfire lasting over five minutes. The audio captures the terrified pleas of a medic recording the incident.

Eight Red Crescent personnel, six Civil Defense workers, and a UN staffer were killed. Their bodies, along with their vehicles, were subsequently bulldozed and buried in a mass grave, only being recovered a week later. One medic, Assaad al-Nassasra, remains missing. A surviving paramedic, Munzer Abed, corroborated the video’s authenticity, detailing his own brutal treatment at the hands of Israeli soldiers.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society and the UN have called for an independent investigation, expressing distrust in the military’s internal inquiry. While Israel claims the medics were Hamas operatives, this has been vehemently denied by the UN and surviving witnesses, who attest to the medics’ identity and mission. The UN estimates that over 150 emergency responders and over 1,000 health workers have been killed in Israeli strikes. The Israeli military rarely investigates such incidents. The video and witness testimony have intensified calls for accountability and a thorough, independent investigation into the massacre.

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