Israel mercilessly fired 900 rounds at Gazan aid convoy killing 15 in 2025
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A joint investigation by independent research agency Forensic Architecture and audio analysis group Earshot has concluded that Israeli soldiers fired more than 900 rounds at a convoy of clearly marked Palestinian emergency vehicles in Gaza before advancing and killing surviving aid workers in March 2025, Al Jazeera reported.
The report, released Monday, reconstructs the events of March 23 in Tal as-Sultan, west of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Fifteen aid workers were killed, including paramedics from the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), firefighters from the Palestinian Civil Defence (PCD), and a staff member of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). The victims were later buried alongside their destroyed vehicles.
The Israeli military had initially described the convoy as uncoordinated and later acknowledged a professional error. However, the investigation characterises the incident as a coordinated ambush marked by sustained gunfire, no evidence of return fire, and the deliberate killing of survivors.
Central to the findings is an analysis of video recovered from the phone of slain PRCS paramedic Rifaat Radwan, who began recording at 5:09 a.m. as the attack unfolded. The five-and-a-half-minute footage captured at least 844 gunshots. When combined with other recordings, investigators documented a minimum of 910 rounds fired.
Using advanced audio ballistics and a technique described as situated testimony, analysts determined that 93 per cent of the recorded shots bore the acoustic signature of supersonic ammunition, indicating the victims were directly in the line of fire. The density and speed of the gunfire — at one point, five shots in 67 milliseconds — suggest multiple shooters firing simultaneously from an elevated sandbank roughly 40 metres away.
The report concludes that the assault lasted more than two hours, from shortly after 5 a.m. until 7:13 a.m., and involved continuous gunfire directed at the emergency responders.