Hamas demands 'international justice' for medic killings

Hamas has said in a statement that the new footage that has emerged showing Israeli forces attacking Palestinian medics is "irrefutable visual evidence" that  proves the "systematic targeting of humanitarian personnel" by the army and constitutes "a premeditated murder under international law".

The group called for "international justice for the victims of this heinous crime".

Hamas's comments came as new video evidence relating to the Israeli forces' killing of 15 Palestine Red Crescent and civil defence workers emerged on Saturday.

The footage, which was retrieved from a phone belonging to one of the medics who was killed and buried in a mass gave, shows the Israeli military attacking clearly marked Red Crescent ambulances with lights flashing, and emergency medical workers wearing reflective vests.

The new evidence contradicts the Israeli army's account of the incident which claimed that the emergency vehicles “were identified advancing suspiciously toward [Israeli] troops without headlights or emergency signals”.