He Israeli army recognized “Operating misunderstandings” and “Errors”In the death of Israeli fire of 15 paramedics, rescuers and personnel of the UN in Loop On March 23, stating that the “Bad visibility”He took the subcomandante of a brigade not to recognize the ambulances in which they were traveling, so he announced the dismissal of said officer and a warning to his superior.
In a summary of the military investigation of what happened that day in the southern town of Rafahwhose conclusions will be sent to the Israeli Prosecutor’s Office, it is explained that there were several Israeli shootings against the ambulance convoy, the fire car and the vehicle of the UN that were attacked, in which members of the Red Crescent and of Gaza Civil Defenseamong which the army insists that there were 6 militiamen of Hamas.
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The report details that there was a first shooting “against Hamas vehicles“And a second – an hour later – against ambulances and a fire car that went to the place, when evaluating the subcomandante that these vehicles were also from Hamas, which caused a”Threat sensation”And he ordered to open fire.
“The troops opened fire against suspects that came out of a fire and ambulances truck very close to the area where they operated, after perceiving an immediate and tangible threat. Surveillance staff reported that five vehicles approached quickly and stopped near the troops, of which passengers rapid”, Says the report on the sanitary convoy.
The subcomandante, he explains, evaluated that the vehicles – which were correctly marked with emergency lights – belonged to Hamas and came to help their teammates. “Given this impression and feeling of threat, it ordered to open fire”, He says, and blames the“Bad night visibility“The one who did not initially recognize vehicles as ambulances.”Only later, after approaching them and examining them, it was discovered that it was effectively rescue equipment”, Says the report.
A third attack took place 15 minutes later, when a UN vehicle arrived that was also shot, due to the report to “operational errors that breached the rules”One of the dead that day was a UN member.
“The investigation determined that the fire in the first two incidents was due to a misunderstanding operation by the troops, which believed that they faced a tangible threat of the enemy forces. The third incident implied an infraction of orders during a fight”
Until a week later, the bodies could not be rescued from the place by the affected organisms, which were found buried in sand and next to the destroyed vehicles.
In this regard, the report indicates that at dawn the day following the attack, “It was decided to collect and cover the bodies to avoid more damage and clear the vehicles of the route in preparation for the evacuation of civilians”, As well as crushing their vehicles, and concludes that the latter was a mistake.
“The investigation concluded that the withdrawal of the bodies was reasonable given the circumstances, but the decision to crush the vehicles was wrong”, Says the report, which denies that it was about hiding the event, that it was an execution and that the bodies were handcuffed.
Given these conclusions, the army has decided to dismiss the subcomandante of the Brigade 14 of the Golani Recognition Battalion“Due to his responsibilities as a field commander in this incident and for providing an incomplete and inaccurate report during the informative session”
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The report does not explain what this report is “incomplete”, But a military spokesman recognized days after the discovery of the bodies that the military in the field gave erroneous information in the beginning to affirm that the vehicles did not carry the light emergency lights, which was denied in a video recorded by a paramedic before he died.
From this subcomandante, Israeli officers said he is a military “Very respected, whose military service and personal history reflect a spirit of combat, volunteering and great dedication”The suspended officer details the report, returned from abroad after the attacks of Hamas of October 2023“To serve in the reserve, he continued to operate in Gaza until he was injured in combat and returned to the service after his recovery”
The Army has also completed an warning to the Commander of Brigade 14 “for its general responsibility in the incident, including the combat procedure and the subsequent management of the place of the facts”
