The military initially said soldiers had opened fire on vehicles in the dark without lights or markings, but video contradicted this. The 15 paramedics and emergency responders were shot dead and buried in a shallow grave.

The Israeli military backtracked on its account of the killing of 15 Palestinian medics by its forces last month after phone video appeared to contradict its claims that their vehicles did not have emergency signals on when troops opened fire on them in the Gaza Strip.