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
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brigade that the idf claims were hiding in a tunnel located near the indonesian hospital. that s one of the largest healthcare facilities in northern gaza that was hit by airstrikes in october. the bbc has not independently verified the latest claims by the idf. the idf warned people living in northern gaza to move further south as it steps up what it says is the third phase of its ground operations against hamas. the un says nearly i.9m people have been forced from their homes since israel s retaliatory strikes began, after hamas attacks on october the 7th. this as testimony is coming to light about the horrors of the october 7th attacks nearly two months later. the bbc has been hearing evidence that women were sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated during hamas s attacks on southern israel. israeli investigators say they are trawling through 60,000 hours of footage and have compiled more than a thousand testimonies from witnesses and those who handled the bodies of victi