NYT, BBC caught Israel in a massacre lie – Gaza war Day 547

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Mass execution of paramedics and rescue workers in Gaza: Israeli forces ambushed & executed 15 rescue workers, then buried them in a mass grave. (EuroMed Monitor)

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least 60 Palestinians and wounded 162, the Health Ministry said on Saturday.

Relatives of Palestinians who lost their lives after Israeli attack mourn in Gaza City, Gaza on April 3, 2025. ([Mahmoud İssa – Anadolu Agency)

Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On

A video, discovered on the cellphone of a paramedic who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a mass grave in Gaza in late March, shows that the ambulances and fire truck that they were traveling in were clearly marked and had their emergency signal lights on when Israeli troops hit them with a barrage of gunfire.

Officials from the Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a news conference that they had presented the nearly seven-minute recording, which was obtained by The New York Times, to the U.N. Security Council.

An Israeli military spokesman, Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, said earlier this week that Israeli forces did not “randomly attack” an ambulance, but that several vehicles “were identified advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals toward Israeli troops, prompting them to shoot. Colonel Shoshani said earlier in the week that nine of those killed were Palestinian militants. Israel did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the video.

The Times obtained the video from a senior diplomat at the United Nations…

A barrage of gunshots is seen and heard in the video hitting the convoy.

The camera shakes, the video goes dark. But the audio continues for five minutes, and the rat-a-tat of gunfire does not stop. A man says in Arabic that there are Israelis present.

The paramedic filming is heard on the video reciting, over and over, the “shahada,” or a Muslim declaration of faith, which people recite when facing death. “There is no God but God, Muhammad is his messenger,” the paramedic is heard saying. He asks God for forgiveness and says he knows he is going to die.

“Forgive me, mother. This is the path I chose — to help people,” he said. “Allahu akbar,” God is great, he says (continue reading here).

NOTE: Israel’s denial carries little weight: historically, Israel has not proven itself trustworthy. Among Israel’s lies are numerousatrocity stories about the October 7th attack that have since been proven untrue (more exampleshere).

In addition, a number of the Israeli soldiers and civilians killed on October 7 were shown to have been killed by Israeli fire – a fact that is absent from the official Israeli narrative. The Israeli military has also disseminated false stories about civilians captured.

Previously, Israel has been caught in many lies – for example, this and this and this.

FURTHER READING ON ISRAEL’S LIES:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyG701IYSp8

BBC: Video footage appears to contradict Israeli account of Gaza medic killings

Mobile phone footage has emerged that appears to contradict Israel’s account of why soldiers opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a fire truck on March 23, killing 15 rescue workers.

The video, published by the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), shows the vehicles moving in darkness with headlights and emergency flashing lights switched on – before coming under fire. The PRCS said the video was obtained from the phone of a paramedic who was killed.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) initially denied the vehicles had their headlights or emergency signals on.

But in response to the new video, the IDF told the BBC: “All claims, including the documentation circulating about the incident, will be thoroughly and deeply examined to understand the sequence of events and the handling of the situation”.

A surviving paramedic previously told the BBC that the ambulances were clearly marked and had their internal and external lights on.

The latest video, which the PRCS said had been shown to the UN Security Council, shows the marked vehicles drawing to a halt on the edge of the road, lights still flashing, and at least two emergency workers stepping out wearing reflective clothing.

The windscreen of the vehicle being filmed from is cracked and shooting can then be heard lasting for several minutes as the person filming says prayers. He is understood to be one of the dead paramedics.

The footage was found on his phone after his body was recovered from a shallow grave one week after the incident. The bodies of the eight paramedics, six Gaza Civil Defense workers and one UN employee were found buried in sand, along with their wrecked vehicles. It took international organizations days to negotiate safe access to the site.

Israel claimed a number of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants had been killed in the incident, but it has not provided any evidence or further explained the threat to its troops.

RELATED: ‘Forgive me, Mother. Army arrived’: Final words of Palestinian paramedic moments before Israeli execution

Israel detained 1,200 Palestinian children in West Bank since Oct. 7, 2023: Rights groups

Israel has detained 1,200 Palestinian children from the occupied West Bank since Oct. 7, 2023, according to data released by Palestinian rights organizations jointly.

The data was published in a joint statement by the Palestinian Commission for Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoners Society, and the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association on Saturday, marking Palestinian Children’s Day, which is observed on April 5 every year.

The statement revealed that child detainees are subjected to “torture, starvation, medical neglect, and systematic deprivation on a daily basis.”

These conditions recently resulted in the death of the first child prisoner since the beginning of the Gaza war, 17-year-old Walid Ahmad from the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, who was killed at Megiddo Prison in northern Israel.

Israeli forces have forcibly displaced 40,000 people in the occupied West Bank over the past three weeks, according to the UN (Getty)

UN Extends Francesca Albanese’s Mandate despite Pro-Israel Pushback

The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted to extend Francesca Albanese’s mandate as Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories for another three years, despite sustained pressure from pro-Israel governments and advocacy groups, including the United States.

UN Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese (social media)

The decision came on Friday, during the final session of the UNHRC’s 58th meeting in Geneva. Albanese will now continue in her role through 2028.

Her reappointment faced strong resistance from several Western states and lobbying organizations critical of her outspoken stance on Israeli policies. Albanese has repeatedly accused Israel of ethnic cleansing and genocide in her reports and public statements, drawing praise from human rights advocates and ire from Israeli officials and their allies.

One of the most vocal campaigns against her has been led by UN Watch, which released a 60-page dossier accusing her of promoting antisemitism and “terrorism” in her capacity as UN Special Rapporteur. The group also launched a petition urging the Council to block her renewal and demanded her immediate dismissal during a recent session.

Other groups—including the World Jewish Congress and the Zionist youth organization Betar—have also taken aim at Albanese. Betar allegedly issued threats against her during a recent visit to London, invoking Israel’s airstrikes on Lebanon in 2023.

UK Labour MP David Taylor added to the chorus, accusing Albanese of justifying the October 7 Hamas operation and describing Israel as a “settler-colonial invasion” in comments reported by the Jewish Chronicle, a staunchly pro-Israel outlet.

Despite the pressure, the Human Rights Council reaffirmed its support, signaling a continued commitment to monitoring the situation in the occupied territories.

Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration interrupted by pro-Palestinian employees protesting AI use by Israeli military

Microsoft’s 50th anniversary celebration in the US state of Washington was interrupted by several employees Friday who were protesting the use of the company’s AI products by the Israeli military, according to media reports.

In the first incident, software engineer Ibithal Aboussad, who works on the artificial intelligence speech recognition engine team, took aim at Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Sulleyman as he was giving a speech.

“Mustafa, shame on you,” Aboussad said as she approached the stage.

“You claim that you care for using AI for good, but Microsoft sells AI weapons to the Israeli military,” she said. “Fifty thousand people have died, and Microsoft powers this genocide in our region.”

Suleyman acknowledged Aboussad, who continued to berate him before she was escorted from the room.

“Shame on you. You are a war profiteer. Stop using AI for genocide, Mustafa,” said Aboussad. “Stop using AI for genocide in our region. You have blood on your hands. All of Microsoft has blood on its hands” (continue reading here).

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IMEMC Daily Reports

STATISTICS OCTOBER 7, 2023 – APRIL 1, 2025:

At least 51,347 Palestinians killed, 122,655 injured – including:
at least 50,399 killed in Gaza (~15,500 children)
at least 948 killed in the West Bank (~187 children)
at least 114,583 injured in Gaza
at least 8,072 injured in the West Bank

According to Palestinian authorities, during the ceasefire Jan. 19- March 18 2025, Israeli attacks killed at least 150 Gazans, and Israel committed at least 962 ceasefire violations.

Thousands of those killed in Gaza have yet to be identified, and an estimated 11,000 more are still buried under rubble.

Reported Israeli death toll from October 7, 2023 – April 1, 2025: ~1,592 – including ~1,139 on October 7, 2023 (~36 children), 407 military forces since the ground invasion began in Gaza, 46 military and civilians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Israel.

NOTE: It is unknown at this time how many of the deaths and injuries of Israelis on October 7 were caused by Israeli soldiers.

Hover over each bar for exact numbers. Source: IsraelPalestineTimeline.org

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