And the countdown is on, here is the olympic Countdown Clock marking 100 days before the opening of the paris games. Welcome to jerusalem welcome tojerusalem three days after irans unprecedented attack from iran. Across the region and in capitals around the world to try and avoid a dangerous excretory spiral. Both iran and israel have been on the phone to many capitals. Here in jerusalem today, germanys Foreign Minister and the British Foreign secretary have been meeting a senior israeli officials including the Prime Minister engine netanyahu. Both of them conveyed the same message. That israel could do Everything Possible to avoid an escalation. Prime minister netanyahu answered saying that while israel appreciated their support and suggestions that only israel would decide on the next steps. Translation iam now coming from meetings with the Foreign Ministers of Great Britain and germany. Last night i spoke to Prime Minister sue nack germany. Last night i spoke to Prime Minister sue m
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with more on this here s our diplomatic correspondent, paul adams. the investigation s findings are stark this should never have happened. monday s devastating attack, a combination of mistaken identification and bad decision making. the israeli army has been giving more details about what they say happened on monday night. they say about half an hour after the convoy left the pier near gaza city, a gunman was seen boarding one of the aid trucks. after the aid arrived at its destination in deir al balah, point three on the map, the convoy appeared to split one vehicle, with clearly visible gunmen on board, headed to a nearby hangar, numberfour. mistakenly believing that hamas gunmen were inside the other three vehicles, all three were hit, one after the other, over the course of four terrifying minutes. the army s statement is clear the strike on the aid vehicles was a grave mistake, stemming from a serious failure due to mistaken identification, errors in decision ma
including: an aid coordination plan not being shared widely with its operational forces. the report found the suspicion that an armed man was in one of the vehicles didn tjustify the attack. and that the attack shouldn t have continued after the first vehicle in the convoy was struck. two idf officers have been sacked, and others disciplined. the incident has led to worldwide condemnation. here the foreign secretary lord cameron said israel must follow up this report with a wholly independent review . in response to the criticism, israel said it will open up more aid routes. tonight we look at the humanitarian situation in gaza, and we ll have analysis from our international editorjeremy bowen injerusalem. first, here s lucy williamson. israel says hamas gunmen often pose as aid workers. not this time. its army today said the killing of seven aid workers in air strikes this week was a grave mistake. due to mistaken identification, errors in decision making, and a serious vio
it says those who approved the strike were convinced they were targeting hamas operatives. the strikes on the three vehicles were carried out in serious violation of standard operation procedure and that the brigade chief of staff, an officer with the rank of colonel in reserve, and the brigade fire support commander with the rank of major will be dismissed from their positions. the strikes this week left seven aid workers dead, three of them british. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has been monitoring today s events and gave us the latest. the investigation s findings are stark this should never have happened. monday s devastating attack, a combination of mistaken identification and bad decision making. the israeli army has been giving more details about what they say happened on monday night. they say about half an hour after the convoy left the pier near gaza city, a gunman was seen boarding one of the aid trucks. after the aid arrived at its destination in de