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IDF Refutes Claims It Had Targeted Gaza Medics
(Times of Israel) Emanuel Fabian - The Israel Defense Forces reported Saturday on its investigation of an incident in Gaza on March 23 during which troops fired on Palestinian emergency vehicles. The IDF said that at least six of those killed had been posthumously identified as Hamas operatives, denied that any of those killed had been executed, and said its troops had not attempted to hide the incident but rather had informed the UN of the location. The incident occurred during the IDF's new offensive in Rafah's Tel Sultan neighborhood. After the incident, the IDF commander at the scene had the bodies collected in one spot, covered them with sand, marked the burial spot, and the UN was promptly notified of the spot to come and collect the bodies. The army said that burying bodies in this way was an approved, regular practice during fighting in Gaza, to prevent wild dogs and other animals from eating the corpses. The damaged vehicles had been pushed off the road by a bulldozer in order to open it to traffic.