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IDF says it’s probing Dec. 2024 raid in which troops used ambulance to enter West Bank refugee camp
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleEmanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
The IDF says it is investigating after troops used an ambulance to enter the Balata camp in the northern West Bank during a counterterrorism raid there last month.
Footage posted by Palestinian media yesterday showed a group of soldiers emerging from a vehicle marked as an ambulance.
The incident was said to have taken place on December 19, 2024.
On that day, the Palestinian Authority health ministry reported the death of an 80-year-old woman, along with a 25-year-old man who was claimed as a member of Hamas.
The military says the investigation “will examine the use of the vehicles seen in the video and the allegations of harm to uninvolved [civilians] during the exchange of fire between the terrorists and our forces.”
“The IDF is committed and acts in accordance with international law,” the army adds.
بعد فيديو استخدام قوات الاحتلال الخاصة مركبة إسعاف في اقتحام مخيم بلاطة… المفوضة الأممية في الأراضي الفلسطينية المحتلة، فرانشيسكا ألبانيز: إساءة استخدام الوضع المحمي للمركبات الطبية والعاملين في المجال الطبي يعد انتهاكًا صارخًا لاتفاقيات جنيف وقد يشكل جريمة غدر، ومن خلال… pic.twitter.com/mdZenEyVoN
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