The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Friday that 'those who approved the strike were convinced that they were targeting armed Hamas operatives,' calling the attack a serious violation of commands.
Israel i military fires two senior officers as report finds strike on aid workers was in 'serious violation of commands'The Israel Defense Forces said on Friday that "those who approved the strike were convinced that they were targeting armed Hamas operatives," calling theLehrmann's 'integrity' challenged in defamation stoush
The IDF said in its preliminary findings on Friday that its forces "identified a gunman on one of the aid trucks, following which they identified an additional gunman," as the trucks transported food to a warehouse in Gaza.Later, as three WCK vehicles left the warehouse, a commander "mistakenly assumed that the gunmen were located inside the accompanying vehicles and that these were Hamas terrorists," the report said.
Though it included a rare admission of guilt from the Israeli military, the IDF's Friday statement was brief and lacked a detailed explanation of precisely how and why its commands were violated. "The IDF cannot credibly investigate its own failure in Gaza," WCK said on Friday in response to the preliminary findings.
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