Israel admits soldiers used ambulance in raid on refugee camp (Guardian, 2025-01-14)

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/14/suddenly-there-was-a-car-of-men-the-day-israeli-soldiers-attacked-a-refugee-camp
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“The Guardian has reviewed video captured by a surveillance camera, spoken with witnesses and a survivor of the military operation, conducted by the IDF on 19 December 2024 using a hospital vehicle with Palestinian licence plates. It was described by rights groups as a ‘flagrant violation’ of international humanitarian law, which prohibits the use of medical vehicles to carry out military attacks that result in injury or death of people.”

“The Israeli army admitted that ‘during the operation in Nablus, an ambulance-like vehicle was used for operational purposes, without authorisation and without the relevant commanders’ approval’…”

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