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Israel plans to adjust war tactics after killing of aid workers in Gaza
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2024-04-04 | 23:58
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Israel plans to adjust war tactics after killing of aid workers in Gaza
Israel said on Thursday it would adjust tactics in the Gaza war after killing seven aid workers in air strikes its military has acknowledged were a major mistake and that inquiry findings would be made public soon.
Monday's incident has stoked Western anger at the mounting civilian toll in the Palestinian enclave, especially as the slain World Central Kitchen staff included Australian, British, and Polish citizens along with a US-Canadian dual national.
At least 196 humanitarian workers have been killed in Gaza since October, according to the United Nations.
Israel's leaders have voiced sorrow over what the military called a "grave mistake" after the misidentification of a WCK convoy at night in a complex combat zone.
Charity founder chef Jose Andres said the convoy was "systematically" targeted even though Israel's military was aware of his staff's movements.
When asked to respond, Israeli government spokesperson Raquela Karamson said during a media briefing, "This was unintended."
"Clearly something went wrong here, and as we learn more and the investigation reveals exactly what happened and the cause of what happened, we will certainly adjust our practices in the future to make sure this does not happen again."
She said publication of the investigation's findings could take weeks. But the chief Israeli military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, appeared to give a much shorter timeline.
An investigators' report was given to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday, Hagari said in a televised statement.
"And I believe that, after we present this to the ambassadors from the respective countries and to the members of the WCK organization, we will make it public in a clear, transparent manner - and that will happen soon," he said.
Israel Ziv, a retired army general who formerly commanded the Gaza division, said the incident may have resulted from the military enabling more junior officers to authorize air strikes.
Whereas during quieter periods, such an operation would require a green light from a division commander or a general in charge of regional forces, he said, "In wartime, the situation is utterly transformed because the number of threats is never-ending."
"If you don't allow greater latitude, further down the ranks, on opening fire, you endanger the troops and the war."
Ziv noted that Israel, which went to war after Hamas gunmen rampaged in its southern towns and army bases on Oct 7, has been fighting both to destroy the Palestinian Islamists' military capacity and deny them access to humanitarian aid sent to Gaza.
"That complicates the situation," he told Reuters.
As a preliminary move to make amends for the WCK deaths, Israel said it would set up a joint operational coordination room with humanitarian agencies located within the military's Southern Command - where Gaza missions are directly managed.
An Israeli security official who spoke on condition of anonymity said ground forces in Gaza were down to around a quarter of their numbers at the height of the invasion and focused on more pinpoint missions and securing conquered areas.
"This may have contributed to a feeling of 'sitting duck' vulnerability. Troops prefer to be on the offensive, rather than static and potentially open to attack or to seeing the enemy operate with relative freedom," the official said.
"The investigation will have to determine, among other things, whether this kind of thinking affected the judgment of whoever decided that the convoy should be struck."
"There is no war without mistakes - quite the opposite," Ziv said. "But usually in this kind of combat, the number of non-combatants killed, in relation to enemy dead, is higher than what the Israeli army has caused (in Gaza)."
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