{"id":39017,"date":"2025-04-17T11:55:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/first-thing-postmortems-of-rescue-workers-killed-by-israeli-troops-in-gaza-show-gunshots-to-head-and-torso\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T11:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T11:55:20","slug":"first-thing-postmortems-of-rescue-workers-killed-by-israeli-troops-in-gaza-show-gunshots-to-head-and-torso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/17\/first-thing-postmortems-of-rescue-workers-killed-by-israeli-troops-in-gaza-show-gunshots-to-head-and-torso\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thing: Postmortems of rescue workers killed by Israeli troops in Gaza show \u2018gunshots to head and torso\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The killings of paramedics and rescuers last month led to international outcry. Plus, police use stun guns on two people at Marjorie Taylor Greene event<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2018\/sep\/17\/guardian-us-morning-briefing-sign-up-to-stay-informed\">Don\u2019t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Good morning.<\/p>\n<p>The doctor who carried out the postmortems of the 15 paramedics and rescue workers who were killed by Israeli troops in Gaza in March has said they were mostly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/16\/autopsies-of-rescue-workers-killed-in-gaza-show-gunshots-to-head-and-torso\">killed by gunshots to the head and torso<\/a>, as well as injuries caused by explosives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What did the autopsies find?<\/strong> Ahmed Dhair, the forensic pathologist in Gaza who carried out autopsies on 14 of the 15 victims, told the Guardian he had found \u201clacerations, entry wounds from bullets, and wounds resulting from explosive injuries. These were mostly concentrated in the torso area \u2013 the chest, abdomen, back, and head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the latest with Israel\u2019s aid blockade?<\/strong> Doctors Without Borders said yesterday that Gaza was becoming a \u201cmass grave for Palestinians\u201d. Aid supplies including food, fuel, water and medicine have been blocked by Israel from entering Gaza since 2 March.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Israel\u2019s argument for it?<\/strong> The country\u2019s defense minister, Israel Katz, said: \u201cIsrael\u2019s policy is clear: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2025\/apr\/16\/no-humanitarian-aid-gaza-israeli-minister-israel-katz-hamas\">no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza<\/a>, and blocking this aid is one of the main pressure levers preventing Hamas from using it as a tool with the population.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/apr\/17\/first-thing-postmortems-of-rescue-workers-killed-by-israeli-troops-in-gaza-show-gunshots-to-head-and-torso\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The killings of paramedics and rescuers last month led to international outcry. 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