Israeli military admits 'a sequence of errors' | EUROtoday
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Tsahal makes his mea culpa. Friday April 5, the Israeli military acknowledged a sequence of “ errors” which led to the dying of seven humanitarian staff, killed Monday night within the Gaza Strip by three Israeli strikes launched within the house of 4 minutes on their convoy.
The crew working the drones behind the strikes made an “operational error in judgment of the situation” after recognizing a “Hamas gunman” firing from the roof of one of many help vans that the collaborators of the American NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) escorted, in response to an inside military investigation.
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The military, which refers to “violations of normal operating procedures”, additionally acknowledged that WCK had communicated its route plan, however the troopers accountable for the strikes didn’t have it in hand.
The deaths of the help staff sparked a wave of shock, with US President Joe Biden calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to order an “immediate ceasefire” in a tense cellphone name on Thursday.
For its half, the American NGO requested this Friday, April 5, the creation of an impartial fee of inquiry. For her, the Israeli military “cannot credibly investigate its own failure in Gaza”.
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