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A forensic doctor who examined the bodies of some of the 15 paramedics
and Palestinian rescue workers shot dead by Israeli forces and buried
in a mass grave in southern Gaza has said there is evidence of
execution-style killing, based on the �specific and intentional�
location of shots at close range.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society, the Palestinian Civil Defense
and UN employees were on a humanitarian mission to collect dead and
wounded civilians outside the southern city of Rafah on the morning of
23 March when they were killed and then buried in the sand by a
bulldozer alongside their flattened vehicles, according to the UN.
Israel has expanded its aerial and ground attacks in Gaza since ending
the ceasefire last month. The prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said
on Wednesday it intends to �divide up� the territory.
The killing of the paramedics and rescue workers has triggered outrage
around the world and demands for accountability. On Wednesday, the UK
foreign secretary, David Lammy, said Gaza was the deadliest place on
Earth for humanitarian workers.
�Recent aid worker deaths are a stark reminder. Those responsible must
be held accountable,� Lammy said.
Ahmad Dhaher, a forensic consultant who examined five of the dead at
Nasser hospital in Khan Younis after they had been exhumed, said all
of them had died from bullet wounds. �All cases had been shot with
multiple bullets, except for one, which could not be determined due to
the body being mutilated by animals like dogs, leaving it almost as
just a skeleton,� Dhaher told the Guardian.
�Preliminary analysis suggests they were executed, not from a distant
range, since the locations of the bullet wounds were specific and
intentional,� he said. �One observation is that the bullets were aimed
at one person�s head, another at their heart, and a third person had
been shot with six or seven bullets in the torso.�
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/02/evidence-execution-style-killings-palestinian-workers-israeli-forces-doctor-says
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