This is the story of 15 people who were killed the same day.
There were airstrikes across the territory, and in the south Israeli troops opened fire on a crew of emergency workers in ambulances and a firetruck.
At first, the Israeli military said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” toward troops, “without headlights or emergency signals.” It said the soldiers had eliminated a number of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants.
A recording unearthed days later told a different story ultimately leading the Israel to conduct an investigation. The results blamed an “operational misunderstanding” and cite professional failures.
In more than 18 months of war – it’s been rare for the Israeli Military to acknowledge failure.
Coming up the story of what happened.
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