Gaza: US says law applies to 'all parties' after Israel kills medics

The deaths of 15 people including paramedics in a convoy have been blamed on Israel's military.

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Asked about the killings, state department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce said: "Every single thing that happens in Gaza is happening because of Hamas."

The UN's humanitarian agency has said five ambulances, a fire truck and a UN vehicle were struck "one by one" on 23 March and that 15 bodies, including paramedics still in their uniforms, had been gathered and buried in a mass grave.

The Israeli military said its troops had fired on vehicles "advancing suspiciously" without headlights or emergency signals and that a Hamas operative and other militants were among those killed, but it did not offer any comment on the accounts of bodies being gathered up and buried in the sand.

International humanitarian law prohibits the targeting of civilians and calls for specific protections for medical personnel.