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 violation of army procedures. The convoy, belonging to the charity, World Central Kitchen, was struck in central gaza late on monday night, survivors running between the remaining vehicles before being hit again and then again. The army said its forces had mistaken the bag one passenger was carrying for a gun, after Spotting Gunmen at the warehouse earlier. It was a visual confirmation of a gunman, first of all, on one of the trucks that then conducted shooting from one of the trucks. And when they, indeed, reached the hangars, there were more gunmen identified on the location and it led, basically, to the entire miscalculation, misidentification and the failure of what shouldve happened. Israels army said the aid was picked up by lorry at 10pm. The armed figure was then Spotted Firing from one of the trucks, before th
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 deadly failure of deconfliction. Deconfliction is the process by which humanitarian agencies engage with Defense Forc
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. 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
From within his own party to pause arms sales to israel. Nearly forty Congressional Democrats have signed a Letter Calling for no further weapons to be sent until a full investigation is completed into mondays air strike on an aid convoy in gaza. It says the strike on the trucks along with the ever worsening humanitarian crisis in gaza makes It Unjustifiable to approve further weapons deliveries. 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. This letter comes as a growing number of countries are calling for an independent investigation into that israeli strike on aid workers. On friday, the idf published the findings of an investigation into the deadly attack. Britain has echoed calls by the Charity World central kitchen for an independent review. Of those seven aid workers killed, three were british nationals. The British Foreign secretary, lord cameron, said london would carefully revi
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