Israeli military changes initial account of Gaza aid worker killings

The military initially said soldiers had opened fire on vehicles that approached their position "suspiciously" in the dark without lights or markings. 

The United Nations and Palestinian Red Crescent have demanded an independent inquiry into the killing of the paramedics. Picture: Palestinian Red Cross.

The Israeli military has provided new details that changed its initial account of the killing of 15 emergency workers near the southern Gaza city of Rafah last month but said investigators were still examining the evidence.

The 15 paramedics and emergency responders were shot dead on March 23 and buried in a shallow grave where their bodies were found a week later by officials from the United Nations and the Palestinian Red Crescent. Another man is still missing.