'Professional failures' led to killing of Gaza medics, IDF inquiry says

Fourteen emergency workers and a UN worker were killed when the Israeli military opened fire on a convoy of vehicles in Gaza last month.

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An inquiry into the incident by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) found a series of failings, including an "operational misunderstanding" and a "breach of orders".

The deputy commander of the unit involved has been dismissed "for providing an incomplete and inaccurate report during the debrief".

A spokeswoman for the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the report was "invalid" as it "justifies and shifts the responsibility to a personal error in the field command when the truth is quite different".

Fourteen emergency workers and a UN worker were killed on 23 March after a convoy of PRCS ambulances, a UN car and a fire truck came under fire by the Israeli military.