Forgive me mum, I just wanted to help people. I wanted to save lives: Member of the Palestine Red Crescent Society was shot dead

Mobile phone footage has surfaced, which seems to challenge Israel's explanation of why its soldiers opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a fire truck on March 23, resulting in the deaths of 15 rescue workers. The video, released by the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), shows the vehicles moving in darkness with their headlights and emergency flashing lights activated before they came under gunfire. Initially, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had denied that the vehicles had their headlights or emergency signals on. During a speech at the United Nations yesterday, the President of the PRCS, Dr. Younis Al-Khatib, referenced the video, sharing the heartbreaking final words of one of the team members who was killed: "Forgive me, mum, I just wanted to help people. I wanted to save lives."