WHAT HAPPPENED
The bodies of the 15 emergency workers – from the Red Cross, Red Crescent, United Nations and the Palestinian Civil Emergency Service – were found a week later by officials from the UN and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Video recovered from the mobile phone of one of the dead men and published by the Palestinian Red Crescent showed emergency workers in their uniforms and clearly marked ambulances and fire trucks, with their lights on, being fired on by soldiers.
On Apr 5, the Israeli military provided new details that changed its initial account of the shooting in the southern Gaza city of Rafah but said investigators were still examining the evidence.
The military said troops had identified at least six of the 15 dead as members of a militant group but did not provide any evidence or detail of how the identifications were made.
Mr Shanmugam noted that Israel might point to Hamas’ tactics to justify its military actions. But he questioned whether such comparisons could hold.
“Is that even an excuse for a State that says its values are based on Rule of Law?” he wrote.
“These actions deserve universal condemnation.”
