An investigation by the Israeli army has concluded this Sunday that there was “Professional offenses” e “Breach of orders“On the part of his troops in an incident in which 15 lifeguards died in the Gaza Strip on March 23. The attack of the Israeli troops against an ambulance convoy, which was condemned by the international community, it occurred in the south of the Israeli territory, A few days after Israel broke a truce.
The Israeli army said the investigation “found no evidence to support the Execution complaints“And he said the collateral victims.” The troops did not shoot indiscriminately, but remained alert to respond to real threats“The military said.” We say it was a mistake, but we do not believe it is an error that happens every day, “said the reserve general Yoav has -ven, Investigation manager, at a press conference.
He UN HIGH COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTSVolker Türk, has declared in April “horrified” by deaths and has said that the incident raises doubts about possible “war crimes.” In the attack they died Eight employees of the Palestine Red Crescent, Six workers Gaza Civil Defense members and an employee of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The Israeli army said the investigation concluded that six of the dead were members of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which governs in Gaza. In the report, the army admitted Failures of your troops When reporting the incident, so he decided to dismiss a deputy controller. “The research identified several professional offenses, non -compliance with orders and lack of complete information about the incident,” said Israeli forces.
The army added that a subcomandante “will be dismissed from his position due to his responsibilities” for providing “a Incomplete report and inaccurate “during the investigation. The Palestinian red crescent denounced that” the report is plagued by lies. “” He is invalid and unacceptable, since he justifies the deaths and attributes responsibility for a personal error of the command on the terrain, when the truth is very different, “he said Nebal Farsakhspokesman for the organization.
Upper body
The president of the Palestine Red Crescent, Yis Jatibhe declared to the journalists on April 7 that the victims’ autopsy revealed that “all the martyrs were shot in the upper part of the body, with the intention of killing. “The Israeli military indicated that” 15 Palestinians died, six of which were identified in a retrospective investigation as Hamas terrorists“The Army said.
“Israel’s defense forces express their regret for the damage caused to civilians not involved,” said the military statement. All the victims had lifeguard uniforms and no weapons were found, he added. Two lifeguards survived, one of which “continues to be arrested,” according to the Army, which did not facilitate its identity.
Palestine red crescent had previously said that an ambulance driver, Asad all Nssinhe was “kidnapped” during the incident and was retained by the Israeli authorities. Days after the attack, the Israeli forces affirmed that their soldiers shot “terrorists” who advanced towards them in the dark “suspicious.”
The red crescent disseminated images of a phone recovered from a dead lifeguard contradict The initial version of the army. The video shows the ambulances that advanced with the lights on and the emergency lights activated. “We do not lie, we make mistakes, unfortunately,” army spokesman explained on Sunday Effie Defrin.
The bodies of 15 deaths They were buried near the place of the attack in the area of Tal Al Sultan Rafah, in what the Ocha described as a “common pit“The attack exposed the risks facing medical staff and rescuers in Gaza since the beginning of the war, which broke out after the unprecedented attack of Hamas in Israeli territory on October 7, 2023.
