The military also issued findings on five separate incidents involving the deaths of Palestinians. These included a review of the April 2024 killing of seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen, a humanitarian organization.
In that case, the Israeli military said it found no reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct that would justify opening a criminal investigation.
Human rights organizations operating in Israel have said that Israeli soldiers rarely face criminal convictions in cases involving the killing of Palestinians.
Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl, was trapped inside a car for hours in Gaza in January 2024 and pleaded for help over the phone with Palestinian medical workers. Her aunt, uncle and three cousins had already been killed inside the vehicle.
An ambulance was dispatched to the location, but contact was later lost with both Hind and the emergency workers. Twelve days later, the bodies of Hind, her relatives and the medical personnel inside the ambulance were recovered from the area.
In another incident in March 2025, the bodies of 15 aid workers from the Palestinian Red Crescent, Palestinian Civil Defence and the United Nations were recovered from a mass grave in southern Gaza.
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said in a post on X at the time that the bodies had been buried near damaged vehicles bearing clear markings. He said the workers had been killed by Israeli forces while attempting to save lives and called for answers and justice.
The Israeli military's decision to launch internal investigations marks a new development in the cases, although it remains unclear whether the investigations will lead to criminal charges or prosecutions.
