Israel admits incorrect representation – Diepresse.com

The Israeli army changed its information on the death of paramedics in the south of the Gaza Strip on March 23. At first, the military had explained that the soldiers had opened the fire on « suspicious » vehicles that had been traveling in the dark without identification or warning lights. After this claim was refuted by a video that had appeared, a military representative admitted this fact in the late Saturday evening and announced an investigation.

A week after the incident, 15 corpses of employees of the Red Half -Moon and the United Nations found. A paramedic survived, a man is still missing.

« The person was wrong »

According to the Israeli military, nine members of the Hamas as well as the Islamist jihad killed in vehicles of the red crescent moon. On a video that was found on the mobile phone of one of the killed, it can be seen that ambulances were clearly recognizable as such and also shone warning lights. The military representative explained to the press that there was no speech of lights in the first reports of on site. « According to our current understanding, the person who presented the original report was wrong. We try to find out why. »

Israeli media, citing the military, reported that the soldiers had identified at least six of the 15 dead as members of militant groups. The military representative did not respond more in more detail with the reference to confidential information. « According to our information, it was terrorists, but the investigation is still ongoing, » he said.

According to the Israeli military, the video is checked. The findings should still be presented to the commander on Sunday. The United Nations and the Palestinian Red Cross require an independent examination of killing the paramedics. (APA/Reuters)