Israel's changing story of an attack on rescue workers

On March the death toll in Gaza surpassed people killed by Israeli fire in the war with Hamas This is the story of people who were killed the same day There were airstrikes across the territory and in the south Israeli troops opened fire on a crew of emergency workers in ambulances and a firetruck At first the Israeli military declared the vehicles were advancing suspiciously toward troops without headlights or urgency signals It stated the soldiers had eliminated a number of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants A recording unearthed days later recounted a different story ultimately leading the Israel to conduct an probe The results blamed an operational misunderstanding and cite professional failures In more than months of war it's been rare for the Israeli Military to acknowledge failure Coming up the story of what happened For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This sign up for Consider This via Apple Podcasts or at plus npr org Email us at considerthis npr org Image credit Eyad Baba