The Israel Defense Forces admitted culpability and fired two officers following an investigation into the airstrikes which killed seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen on Monday.
An internal probe revealed significant errors and protocol violations that led to multiple strikes on an aid convoy. The IDF said the soldiers believed the vehicle was carrying Hamas gunmen, not aid workers.
“The attack on the aid vehicles is a serious mistake, which stemmed from a serious failure, as a result of wrong identification, a mistake in decision-making and an attack contrary to the orders and open-fire regulations,” the IDF said, according to the Times of Israel.
Calls for an independent investigation have been growing, with the food charity demanding “the creation of an independent commission to investigate the killings” because “the IDF cannot impartially investigate its own actions in Gaza,” it said in a statement on Friday.
This story is being updated.