by Nir Hasson, Liza Rozovsky & Jack Khoury at Haaretz
Rescue teams say some victims had their hands tied and were shot at close range, suggesting they were executed. The IDF claims some of those killed were militants and says the vehicles were moving ‘suspiciously’
UN teams and rescue services in the Gaza Strip recovered earlier this week the bodies of 15 humanitarian aid workers who were killed by Israel Defense Forces fire in the Tel al-Sultan refugee camp in Rafah last week.
According to the rescue teams, an IDF engineering vehicle buried the bodies along with the vehicles they were traveling in under two large piles of sand, with a rotating emergency light from one of the rescue vehicles placed atop one of the mounds.
Members of the rescue team say an IDF official directed them to the exact location where the bodies were buried and instructed them to bring digging tools. UN teams received approval to recover the bodies five days after submitting their request…
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