Israel’s defense forces have fired an attached commander and censored a military chief after an internal investigation revealed a series of “professional errors” that resulted in the Murder of 15 humanitarian workers In southern Gaza.
The FDI dismissed the attached commander of the recognition unit of the Golani Brigade on Sunday after his forces opened fire against an ambulance convoy traveling in Rafah on March 23, In accordance with the military report.
The officer’s dismissal was also stimulated by his “partial and inaccuracted” report of the incident, which led to the international conviction after the Humanitarian and sock workers They were found buried in a shallow grave along with their vehicles, according to the report.
“The FDI regrets the damage to the civilians not involved,” said the IDF in a statement. “The exam process also serves as part of a continuous effort to learn from operating incidents and reduce the probability of similar events in the future.”
After the bodies were recovered by the UN and Palestine Society Medscent Red (PRC) On March 31, the FDI said that its soldiers opened fire against emergency vehicles because they had the lights off and approached the soldiers in the dark.
However, the video of the incident showed that the vehicles were clearly marked as ambulances and had their lights that shot them when the IDF shot them, which forced the Israeli army to change their account.
The IDF now states that the troops opened fire “after perceiving an immediate and tangible threat”, noting that Rafah is an active war zone and that it is known that Hamas uses civilians as human shields.
After firing ambulances and emergency vehicles, the troops also fired a United Nations car due to “operation errors,” the report added.
Together with the farewell of the field officer, the IDF also chose to censor the commander of the 14th armored brigade of the reserve, which led the operation in Rafah when the help workers were killed.
Despite finding “several professional failures, infractions of orders and a failure to completely inform the incident,” the FDI defended the troops that operated in Gaza and refuted the accusations that there was an attempt to hide the murders, according to the report.
The UN and the PRC had accused the IDF of refusing to let them reach the burial site after the disappearance of humanitarian workers, with the Israeli army that now admitted that “it was wrong” that the soldiers bury the bodies and ambulances.
The dead include eight Red Crescent workers, six members of the Gaza Civil Defense Emergency Unit and a staff member of the staff of the Relief Agency and Works for Refugees from Palestine (UNRWA), according to the officials of the three groups.
The report claims that six of the victims have been identified as Hamas members without providing evidence.
The Israeli army did not say if someone would face criminal charges for the incident.
