This has been a deadly failure of deacon flexion. Complexion is the by which humanitarian agencies engage with Defence Forces to ensure they are protected in conflict zones, and it was obviously a deadly failure. It cannot be rushed aside or covered over and i do not believe that any australian would expect us to do anything other than to continue to demand the transparency and accountability. The former United States House Speaker nancy pelosi a close ally of President Biden has signed a letter together with almost forty Congressional Democrats calling for a halt to Weapons Transfers to israel. The letter urges the white house to conduct its own probe into an israeli airstrike that killed seven aid workers on monday. It says the strike against the humanitarian convoy along with the ever worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza makes it unjustifiable to approve further weapons deliveries. So along with the growing number of countries aid organisations have stressed the need for an indepen
The politicians who have signed the letter include one of mr biden s key allies the former speaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi. Now this letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into the israeli drone strike that killed seven aid workers. Thats after the idf published its first account of mondays deadly attack. Britain has echoed calls by the Charity World central kitchen for an independent review into the strike on its convoy of vehicles. Of those seven aid workers killed three were british nationals. The British Foreign secretary, lord cameron, said london would carefully review the initial report by the israeli military. He welcomed the suspension of two senior israeli officers as a first step, but said israel must publish its findings in full. And within the past couple of hours, australias foreign minister, penny wong, said the Australian Government expects full accountability over the deaths. This has been a dead
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