IDF Smoking gun If Mobile phone footage is authentic
BBC April 6, 2025 The mobile video, originally shared by the New York Times, shows the vehicles pulling up on the road when, without warning, shooting begins just before dawn.
The footage continues for more than five minutes, with the paramedic, named as Refat Radwan, heard saying his last prayers before the voices of Israeli soldiers are heard approaching the vehicles.
An IDF official briefed journalists on Saturday evening, saying the soldiers had earlier fired on a car containing three Hamas members.
When the ambulances responded and approached the area, aerial surveillance monitors informed the soldiers on the ground of the convoy "advancing suspiciously".
When the ambulances stopped beside the Hamas car, the soldiers assumed they were under threat and opened fire, the official said, despite no evidence any of the emergency team was armed. How could the army know / ascertain that these unidentified people, in a live combat zone were unarmed
Israel has admitted its earlier account claiming the vehicles approached without lights was inaccurate, attributing the report to the troops involved.
The video footage shows the vehicles were clearly marked and the paramedics wore reflective hi-vis uniform. If Hamas uses ambulances as disguise