Israel's military says the incident is under thorough investigation. The initial account of the vehicles not having emergency lights on was mistaken, an Israeli military official told journalists.

The military initially said it opened fire because the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” on nearby troops without headlights or emergency signals. An Israeli military official, speaking late Saturday on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said that account was “mistaken.”

The footage shows the Red Crescent and Civil Defense teams driving slowly with their emergency vehicles’ lights flashing, logos visible, as they pulled up to help an ambulance that had come under fire earlier. The teams do not appear to be acting unusually or in a threatening manner as three medics emerge and head toward the stricken ambulance.

  • ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.ukEnglish
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    1 day ago

    They targeted these medics. They targeted the world kitchen people. How much longer are those with the ability to do something gonna tolerate this?

    • baltakatei@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      6·
      16 hours ago

      Reminds me of a quote from Hogfather (1996):

      Maybe someone said, hey, how’d you like to hunt this evil bastard of an eagle with his big sharp beak and great ripping talons, sort of thing, or how about instead you hunt this wren, which is basically about the size of a pea and goes “twit”? Go on, you choose.

    • humorlessrepost@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      20 hours ago

      How much longer are those with the ability to do something gonna tolerate this?

      Until the costs to themselves outweigh the benefits. Otherwise why not tolerate it? Even the word tolerate implies that it bothers them beyond a minor PR issue. Normal people need to gain the ability to think like sociopaths if they want to understand them.