Hello and welcome to NewsHour from the BBC World Service.
I'm Celia Hatton and I'm coming to you live from our studio in central London.
In the many bloody incidents that have taken place
since Israel started ground operations in Gaza about a year and a half ago,
some stand out.
What really happened just before dawn on March 23rd is one of those dates.
14 emergency workers and a United Nations employee were killed by Israeli soldiers when a convoy of ambulances and then a UN car came under fire.
Today, Israel released its own report to explain what went wrong that night,
but also to defend some of its actions.
We'll explore its verdict in a moment.
But first, here's one version of the events of March 23rd,
as told by a Palestinian survivor, Munzar Abed, who worked for the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Initially,
a call from the liaison officer indicated
that there had been a targeted attack in the Hashashin area of Rafah.
We set out from a Palestinian Red Crescent Ambulance Station at the British Square in Khan Yunus.
The front lights were on, the serene,
our uniform and the logo of the organizations was clearly visible on the outside of the vehicle.
Suddenly, On the way, we were directly fired upon.
I laid down in the back of the vehicle.