Day 563 - IDF: Killing of 15 Gaza medics didn't breach code of ethics

The Times of Israel Daily Briefing

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🗓️ 21 April 2025

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Welcome to The Times of Israel's Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what's happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Military reporter Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's episode.

Yesterday, the Israel Defense Forces announced the dismissal of the deputy commander of the Golani Brigade’s reconnaissance unit over the March 23 incident in which 15 medics were killed after his forces opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and emergency vehicles in southern Gaza’s Rafah. Fabian explains the findings of a high-level IDF probe.

The Lebanese army announced Sunday that it had foiled a planned rocket attack from Lebanon at Israel for the first time since a November ceasefire cut short a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. We learn about what steps the Lebanese Armed Forces are currently taking to fulfill the terms of the ceasefire.

On Saturday, for the first time since the IDF resumed its offensive against Hamas in the Strip on March 18, a soldier was killed inside the Strip. The deadly incident took place during work to clear the area close to the border of Hamas infrastructure, including tunnels, as part of efforts to expand Israel’s buffer zone — which now comprises over 30 percent of the Strip. Fabian discusses the IDF's recent activities ahead of his IDF embed to the Morag Corridor today. We learn about the IDF's Bedouin tracker units and hear about an attempt from several Israeli civilians to enter the Gaza Strip on Sunday.

Check out The Times of Israel's ongoing live blog for more updates.

For further reading:

Admitting ‘errors,’ IDF fires officer over killing of 15 rescue workers in Gaza’s Rafah

In first since ceasefire, Lebanese army says it foiled rocket attack on Israel

Israeli soldier killed in Hamas attack, in first since collapse of Gaza ceasefire

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IMAGE: Mourners gather around the bodies of 8 Red Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah a week after an Israeli attack, as they are transported for burial from a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana,File)

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Times of Israel's daily briefing.
0:05.0	Today is Monday, April 21st, Day 563 of the war.
0:10.0	I made Worssel Dan here with our military reporter Emmanuel Fabian.
0:14.0	Hi, Manny. Thanks for joining me today.
0:16.0	Hi, Amanda.
0:17.0	We have an update to the IDF's high-level probe into the March 23rd shooting in Gaza of 15 medics.
0:25.0	We will also learn about Lebanese efforts to stop rocket attacks on Israel,
0:29.8	even as the Israel Air Force continues airstrikes on southern Lebanon.
0:34.3	We'll, of course, update on what is happening in the Gaza Strip and learn who tried to
0:39.0	break into the Gaza Buffer Zone on Sunday. All this and more when we're back.
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1:57.9	Manny, let's begin with an update into a saga that really made headlines around the world.
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