2025-04-21
29 分钟This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Rachel Wright and in the early hours of Monday 21st April these are our main stories.
Israel's military has admitted its soldiers made mistakes when they opened fire on emergency vehicles in Gaza last month,
killing 15 rescue workers.
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with both sides accusing each other of numerous violations.
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The killing of 15 emergency workers in Southern Gaza last month.
Even more troubling was the fact the Israeli army initially claimed the convoy of vehicles didn't have their emergency lights on.
That was proved to be false after a video was found on the phone of one of the paramedics who'd been buried in a shallow grave,
along with Gaza civil defense workers and a UN employee.
This was the moment the rescue workers arrived to help some injured people,
only to be shot at for more than five minutes by Israeli soldiers.
The Israel Defense Forces have now carried out an internal investigation into what happened and they've published their conclusions.
Our correspondent in Jerusalem, Gary O'Donohue, unpacked the findings of the investigation.
What they've concluded is