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1. Autopsies of Gaza Medics Killed by Israeli Troops Show Some Were Shot in the Head
Fri Aug 29, 2025, 11:39 PM
Aug 29

The New York Times obtained autopsy reports for 14 of the 15 people killed in a March 23 attack on an ambulance and fire truck.

Gift/full article below.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/world/middleeast/gaza-medics-autopsies-israel.html?unlocked_article_code=1.iE8.rj8U.N_QXoABGgC0I&smid=url-share

"The paramedics and rescue workers killed in an Israeli shooting in Gaza last month died mainly from gunshots to the head or chest, while others had shrapnel injuries or other wounds, according to autopsy reports obtained by The New York Times.

.... Israel acknowledged carrying out the attack, which killed 15 men: 14 rescue workers and a United Nations employee who drove by after the others were shot. Israeli soldiers buried most of the bodies in a mass grave, crushed the ambulances, fire truck and a U.N. vehicle, and buried those as well.

The Israeli military has offered shifting explanations for why its troops fired on the emergency vehicles and said, without providing evidence, that some of the dead men had been Hamas operatives. Israel’s military said it was investigating the killing..."

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