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Israeli troops open fire on medics in Gaza
The footage shows the convoy of ambulances and a fire truck, clearly marked, with headlights and flashing lights turned on. Supplied by The New York Times.
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‘I saw everything’: Doctor recounts Israeli attack on paramedics, filmed on dead worker’s phone
The Israeli military now says its initial version of events was “mistaken” after footage surfaced of the 15 killings, which have drawn international condemnation.
- by Vivian Yee and Bilal Shbair
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Israel admits initial account of medic killings was partly ‘mistaken’ after phone footage emerges
The video appeared to contradict Israel’s earlier version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
- by Isabel Kershner
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Emergency crews ‘struck one after another’ as they searched for missing colleagues
The United Nations has demanded “justice and answers” after the bodies of 15 emergency and aid workers were recovered from a mass grave in Gaza.
- by Wafaa Shurafa, Lee Keath and Fatma Khaled
‘Potential to rewrite history’: Archaeologists find tomb from lost dynasty of kings
The huge tomb, buried seven metres underground, dates from 3600 years ago.
- by Alan Yuhas
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Tourist submarine sinks off Egypt’s coast, killing six
Dozens of foreign tourists were also rescued when the vessel sank off the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.
- by Sam Magdy, Mohamed Ezz and Nayera Abdallah
‘We’ve had enough’: Rare show of dissent against Hamas in Gaza
Palestinians tend to blame Israel for the death, destruction and hunger that the war in Gaza has inflicted. But some blame Hamas, too, for starting it in the first place.
- by Iyad Abuheweila, Abu Bakr Bashir, Aaron Boxerman and Malachy Browne
‘If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed’: The final words of a young Palestinian reporter
The UN will start pulling its workers out of Gaza as the conflict claims a growing number of aid workers, medical personnel and journalists.
When the airstrike hit the surgical department, Israel got their target
Ismail Barhoum was reportedly being treated for wounds when the precision strike hit the hospital, killing him and four others, including a teenage patient, according to reports.
- by Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell
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Israel strikes Lebanon in response to cross-border rocket fire
The hits on Lebanon came as Palestinian militant group Hamas said an Israeli strike in Gaza killed a senior Hamas political leader and his wife.
- by Maya Gebeily and Maayan Lubell
Israeli airstrike destroys Gaza’s only cancer hospital, ceasefire ‘bridges’ on the table
Meanwhile, E3 countries say they are “appalled” by the violence in Gaza and called for an immediate stop to strikes.
- by Brahim Hazboun, Sam Mednick and Nidal al-Mughrabi
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