An Israeli military probe into the killing of 15 Palestinian emergency workers in Gaza admitted Sunday that mistakes led to their deaths and that a field commander would be dismissed.

But the probe found no evidence of "indiscriminate fire" by the troops.

The medics and other rescue workers were killed when responding to distress calls near the southern Gaza city of Rafah early on March 23, just days into Israel's renewed offensive in the Hamas-run territory.

The incident has drawn international condemnation, including concern about possible war crimes from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk.

Germany had called for an urgent investigation and "accountability of the perpetrators."

The probe said six of the dead were Hamas militants, although no weapons were found.

"The examination identified several professional failures, breaches of orders and a failure to fully report the incident," the summary of the investigation said.

Reserve Major General Yoav Har-Even, who led the investigation, accepted that troops involved in the incident had committed an error.

"We're saying it was a mistake. We don't think it's a daily mistake," he told journalists when asked if he thought the incident represented a pervasive issue within the Israeli........

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