The IDF admitted a catalog of failures in a drone strike on an aid convoy in Gaza, including killing aid workers who had survived an initial attack. Two senior officers were fired and a top commander was reprimanded.
The IDF fired two senior officers and reprimanded a top commander as it admitted a catalog of failures in a drone strike on an aid convoy in Gaza , including that it killed aid workers who had survived an initial attack. The Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ) said Friday that “those who approved the strike were convinced that they were targeting armed Hamas operatives,” calling the attack “a grave mistake stemming from a serious failure due to a mistaken identification.
” It said the strike was carried out in “serious violation of the commands and IDF Standard Operating Procedures,” and dismissed a major and a colonel in reserve. Three other IDF officials were formally reprimanded: the commanders of the brigade and division involved, and the commander of the Southern Command, who bore “overall responsibilit
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