“If they did it on purpose then the IDF wouldn’t admit it” except when they can’t deny it anymore. Given that it took them a whole month to admit this, I have a gut feeling they weren’t planning to in the first place.
They’ve done this before too. After Israel had airstriked the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, they had first put the blame on Hamas, even manufacturing false “leaked audio evidence” supposedly between Hamas operatives.
https://www.newarab.com/news/gaza-hospital-strike-israeli-audio-proof-disinformation
After literally no one other than the most dense Israel supporters on this planet believed them, given how blatantly obvious that it was manufactured, they then later admitted it.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-admits-to-bombing-baptist-hospital-in-gaza-/3536848
Just because the IDF admits to a war crime, doesn’t mean they were planning to, or that it was an honest mistake.