Israeli military releases findings of investigation into aid convoy attack
The Israel Defense Forces has released its own investigation into the airstrike that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza earlier this week.
The findings were presented to IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Helj Halevi yesterday. The IDF announced in a statement this morning that it had dismissed two officers, reprimanded two commanders, and reprimanded the senior commander responsible.
“The findings show that the incident should not have happened. Those who authorized the strike were convinced that they were targeting armed Hamas operatives and not WCK personnel. Strike on aid vehicles is a serious error resulting from a serious failure due to an accident, “misidentification, poor decision-making, or an attack that violates standard operating procedures.''
The incident has led to calls for an independent investigation and calls for the United States to do more to allow Israel to provide aid to Gaza and protect humanitarian workers.
The Israel Defense Forces said an investigation revealed that “the military identified the gunman in one of the relief vehicles and later identified additional gunmen. After the vehicle departed from a warehouse where it had unloaded relief supplies. One of the commanders discovered the culprit by mistake.” The gunmen were in the accompanying vehicle, but they were Hamas terrorists. ”
The statement further added: “The military did not identify the vehicle in question as being associated with WCK. Following a misidentification by the military, the military misclassified the event and misidentified the vehicle as being manned by Hamas operatives. Based on this, we targeted three WCK vehicles.” Some of them. ”
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Israel opens more aid routes to Gaza, increases supplies after pressure from Biden
WASHINGTON—Israel has announced plans for Gaza after a strike this week left seven World Central Kitchen aid workers dead, and after a phone call with President Joe Biden in which he warned of a possible change in U.S. policy. It has pledged to open additional support channels that will allow for increased support.
After the call, White House National Security Council Press Secretary Adrian Watson said Israel would open the port of Ashdod to directly deliver aid to Gaza, open the Erez crossing to allow supplies to flow into northern Gaza, and open the Erez crossing to allow supplies to flow into northern Gaza, and from Jordan. He pledged to significantly increase the supply of aid to the United States.
“As the President said in today's telephone conversation, U.S. policy on Gaza is determined by our assessment of Israel's immediate action on these and other measures, including measures to protect the safety of innocent civilians and aid workers.” “This will be determined by the decision,” Watson said in a statement. statement.
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