BBC Reporter

Israel has admitted giving an inaccurate account of the killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza after a video emerged undermining its claims. The convoy of Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances, a UN car and a fire truck from Gazas civil defense came under fire near Rafah just before dawn on the 23rd of March.

Israel has admitted giving an inaccurate account of the killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza after a video emerged undermining its claims. The convoy of Palestinian Red Crescent ambulances, a UN car and a fire truck from Gazas civil defense came under fire near Rafah just before dawn on the 23rd of March.

Israel originally claimed troops opened fire because the convoy approached suspiciously in darkness without headlights or flashing lights. But the video showed ambulances and the fire truck with their emergency lights clearly flashing before coming under heavy gunfire. Well, the video was published by the New York Times. Its reporter is Farnas Fassihi.

Israel originally claimed troops opened fire because the convoy approached suspiciously in darkness without headlights or flashing lights. But the video showed ambulances and the fire truck with their emergency lights clearly flashing before coming under heavy gunfire. Well, the video was published by the New York Times. Its reporter is Farnas Fassihi.

Fanas Fasihi from the New York Times speaking to the BBC before Israel admitted making mistakes. An Israeli military official attributed the errors in the account to the troops involved. The official said the soldiers buried the bodies of the 15 dead workers in sand to protect them from wild animals. When an aid team found the bodies, they also discovered the mobile phone footage of the incident.

Fanas Fasihi from the New York Times speaking to the BBC before Israel admitted making mistakes. An Israeli military official attributed the errors in the account to the troops involved. The official said the soldiers buried the bodies of the 15 dead workers in sand to protect them from wild animals. When an aid team found the bodies, they also discovered the mobile phone footage of the incident.

Israel insists, at least six of the medics were linked to Hamas, but has so far provided no evidence. It says they were unarmed when the soldiers opened fire. The military official denied that any of the medics had been handcuffed before they died and said they were not executed at close range, as some reports had suggested. The Marlian musician Amadou Bagayoko has died at the age of 70.

Israel insists, at least six of the medics were linked to Hamas, but has so far provided no evidence. It says they were unarmed when the soldiers opened fire. The military official denied that any of the medics had been handcuffed before they died and said they were not executed at close range, as some reports had suggested. The Marlian musician Amadou Bagayoko has died at the age of 70.

He and his wife Mariam Doumbia, both of them blind, made up the group Amadou and Mariam. Mixing traditional Marlian music with rock and blues, they sold millions of albums. They also composed the official anthem for the 2006 World Cup and played at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics. BBC Radio presenter and music professor Lucy Duran knew Amadou well.

He and his wife Mariam Doumbia, both of them blind, made up the group Amadou and Mariam. Mixing traditional Marlian music with rock and blues, they sold millions of albums. They also composed the official anthem for the 2006 World Cup and played at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics. BBC Radio presenter and music professor Lucy Duran knew Amadou well.

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Sophie Grigg of the charity Survival International told Julian Marshall what happened.

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