15 Gaza paramedics were shot and killed in ‘misunderstanding’, Israel finds
Israeli troops opened fire on a convoy of ambulances and a UN car because an officer felt they were a threat, the investigation found
The Israeli military on Sunday acknowledged professional failures and violations of orders in its review of last month’s killing of 15 emergency workers in Gaza but said there was no attempt to conceal the incident, despite dismissing a field commander for providing an inaccurate report.
A commanding officer is to be reprimanded and a deputy commander dismissed over the incident, the military said.
It did not say if anyone would face criminal charges.
“We’re saying it was a mistake, we don’t think it’s a daily mistake,” Major General Yoav Har-Even, head of the investigation, told journalists when asked if he thought the incident represented a pervasive issue within the Israeli military.
“The examination identified several professional failures, breaches of orders, and a failure to fully report the incident,” the military said in a statement.