Jerusalem (AP) – an Israeli survey on the Best of 15 Palestinian doctors last month in Gaza By Israeli forces, said on Sunday that it had found a chain of “professional failures” and an assistant commander had been dismissed.
The shots have scandalized many members of the international community, some calling for the killings a war crime. Medical workers have special protection under international humanitarian law. The International Red Cross / Red Crescent called him the deadliest attack on her staff in eight years.
Israel first said that doctors’ vehicles did not have emergency signals when the troops opened fire but then went back. The video of the mobile phone has recovered from a doctor against the initial account of Israel.
The military investigation revealed that the assistant commander of the battalion acted in the incorrect assumption that all ambulances belonged to Hamas activists. The video sequences obtained show that the ambulances had flashing lights and visible logos when they stopped to help another ambulance which was criticized earlier.
According to the investigation, the deputy commander, operating under “poor night visibility”, said that his troops were threatened when ambulances rushed to their position and that the doctors rushed to verify the victims. The army said that flashing lights were less visible on drones and night vision glasses.
The ambulances immediately underwent a gunshot barrage which lasted more than five minutes with brief breaks. A few minutes later, the soldiers opened fire in a United Nations car that stopped on the scene.
The bodies were buried in a mass tomb
Eight employees of the Red Crescent, six civil defense workers and a member of UN staff were killed during the shooting before dawn on March 23 by troops carrying out operations in Tel-Sultan, a southern district Gaza City of Rafah. The troops bulldozer the bodies with their mutilated vehicles, buried them in a mass tomb. The UN and the rescuers could not reach the site until a week later.
The Israeli army said soldiers buried the bodies to prevent them from being mutilated by stray dogs and coyotes until they can be collected, and that the ambulances were moved to allow the route to be used for civil evacuations later in the day.
The investigation revealed that the decision to crush the ambulances was wrong, but said that there was no attempt to hide the shots.
Mar. Gen. Yoav Har-Even, who oversees the army surveys, said the soldiers informed international organizations later during the day and helped rescuers to locate the bodies.
Palestinian chief Red Crescent Society said that men were “intended closely”. Images of night vision drones provided by soldiers’ military emissions were 20 to 30 meters from the ambulances.
The investigation revealed that paramedical paramedics had been killed due to an “operational misunderstanding” by Israeli forces, and that shot on the United Nations car was a violation of orders.
The assistant commander was the first to open fire, leading the rest of the soldiers to start shooting, said Har same.
The conclusions said that six of the people killed were Hamas activists – that did not give their names – and said that three other paramedical ambulancers were originally poorly identified as Hamas. Civil defense is part of the government managed by Hamas.
No ambulancer was armed and no weapon was found in any vehicle, said Har ie.
Israel accuses Hamas of having hidden fighters in ambulances
Har-Even said the assistant commander had been dismissed for making a “completely precise” report to the investigators on the incident in which the troops fired on a UN vehicle.
The declaration on the conclusions concluded by saying that the Israeli army “regrets the damage caused to undefined civilians”. A survivor was detained for investigation and remains in detention for another interrogation. According to the army, soldiers who questioned the survivor thought that he had identified himself as a member of Hamas, who was then refuted.
There was no reaction from the immediate public to the conclusions of the Red Crescent, the Civil Defense or the UN
The results have been returned by the defender General General, who can decide to file a civilian complaint. He is supposed to be an independent organization, with the surveillance of the Attorney General of Israel and the Supreme Court.
There are no external surveys on current murders.
Israeli strikes have killed more than 150 emergency stakeholders in the Red Crescent and Civil Defense, most of them in service, as well as more than 1,000 health workers during the UN, the Israeli army rarely investigates such incidents.
Israel accused Hamas of having moved and hidden its fighters within ambulances and emergency vehicles, as well as in hospitals and other civil infrastructure, arguing that it justifies strikes. Medical staff largely deny the accusations.
Israel challenges the ICC accusations of war crimes
Palestinians and international human rights groups have repeatedly accused the Israeli soldiers of not having investigated properly or to whiten the work lime of his troops.
Har same said that the Israeli army is currently investigating 421 incidents in Gaza during the war, with 51 concluded and sent to the Defender General Military. There was no immediate information on the number of surveys involving unjustified potential deaths or the number of times the MAG has brought criminal charges.
The International Criminal Court, established by the international community as a last appeal court, has Israeli Prime Minister accused Benjamin Netanyahu And the former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant war crimes. Israel, who is not a member of the court, said that his legal system is capable of investigating the army for a long time and that Netanyahu accused the CPI of anti -Semitism.
The war in Gaza began when activists led by Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people, mainly civilians and removing 251. Most hostages were released in cease-fire agreements or other agreements. Hamas currently has 59 hostages, including 24 which would be alive.
Israel’s offensive has since killed more than 51,000 Palestinians, mainly women and children, according to The Gaza Ministry of Health, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.
Frustration has grown on both sides, with rare public protests against Hamas in Gaza And weekly rallies continued in Israel by pressing the government to conclude an agreement to bring all the hostages home.
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