IDF Completes Investigation into Rafah Incident: 6 Terrorists Among Those Killed in Ambulance

The IDF updated that Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir completed today (Monday) a preliminary investigation into the shooting incident by IDF soldiers at Red Crescent ambulances in the Tel al-Sultan area of Rafah.

Rafah Ambulance Incident: Left-Wing Activists' Accusations and IDF Responses

The incident in question occurred on March 23, when IDF soldiers conducting an ambush in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah opened fire on Red Crescent ambulances traveling in an area where they were not permitted to be.

Afterward, extreme left-wing sources claimed that IDF soldiers killed the paramedics in the ambulances without any reason. Later, a video filmed by one of the killed paramedics was published in which gunfire toward them and the voices of IDF soldiers could be heard.

In response, the IDF claimed that the force opened fire after feeling threatened following previous incidents that occurred in the sector. The IDF received support for this claim after it was discovered that some of those killed in the ambulances were Hamas terrorists who were carrying weapons.

Additionally, left-wing sources also claimed that the IDF buried the bodies to conceal evidence, but the IDF stated that the bodies were buried as part of a procedure practiced since the beginning of the war to bury the bodies of Gazans who were killed so they would not decompose and be eaten by wild animals.

The IDF stated in response to the events: "All claims arising in relation to the incident will be examined through the mechanism and presented in a detailed and thorough manner for the purpose of deciding how to handle the incident."