"Operational Misjudgment": Israel Admits Killing 7 Gaza Aid Workers

The two brigade officers who ordered the strikes, a colonel and a major, have been fired.

Israel said Friday it was targeting a "Hamas gunman" when it killed in Gaza seven aid workers whose deaths caused an international outcry, with its military admitting a series of "grave mistakes" and violations of its own rules of engagement.

The victims -- an Australian, Britons, a North American, a Palestinian and a Pole -- were killed in three air strikes over four minutes by an Israeli drone as they ran for their lives between their three vehicles, the military said.

Poland's foreign ministry said it still cannot understand how such an incident could have occurred. It demanded a "criminal inquiry" into Monday's events.