From the uk john chapman, james henderson, and james kirby. The Israel Defense forces chief of staff, herzi halevi, released this video calling the attack a mistake. I want to be very clear. The strike was not carried out with the intention of harming wck aid workers. It was a mistake that followed a misidentification at night during a war in a very complex conditions. That should not have happened. In response to the aid convoy attack, President Biden released a Statement Saying i am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one american in gaza yesterday. They were providing food to hungry civilians inthe middle of a war. They were brave and selfless. Their deaths are a tragedy. This conflict has been one of the worstin recent memory in terms terms of how many worked have been killed. Meanwhile, Prime Minister rishi sunak posted on x that israel must explain how this tragic incident happened and take immediate steps to protect aid workers and facilitate vital humanitarian operations in gaza. Downing street says mr sunak described the situation in gaza as Increasingly Intolerable in a phone call with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. The un also criticised the attack with un Secretary General antonio gutteress, calling it unconscionable. Another un official said the killings of seven staff is a, quote, dreadful failure of deconfliction. Lucy williamson has more from jerusalem. Warning, viewers may find some of the images in her report distressing. Hey, this is zomi. Were at the Deir Al Balah kitchen. They came from australia, poland, the us and the uk. Their mission to feed people one of the simplest. In gaza one of the hardest. And most dangerous. Last night, israeli airstrikes hit their convoy, clearly marked with the charity logo of the World Central Kitchen. Seven people killed, including three british nationals. Colleagues, distraught, identified their bodies. These are the people who brought the aid from the sea, he says. Theyre all dead, all of them. The workers had been unloading a second shipment of aid brought into gaza by sea. They were travelling back from the warehouse in Deir Al Balah when their convoy was hit. Theirvehicles, more than a mile apart. Translation it was a direct hit. They tried to treat some of them and put them in another car in front, but they shelled the car. This is the situation here. Anyone who brings aid to gaza is at risk of shelling and death. The remains of the convoy tell the story. Three vehicles, each struck separately. One straight through the logo that was meant to protect them. A sustained and targeted attack. Translation unfortunately, in the past day, there was a tragic event in which our forces unintentionally harmed Non Combatants in the gaza strip. This happens in war. We are conducting a thorough inquiry and we are in contact with the governments. We will do everything to prevent a recurrence. Six months into this war, the questions around the killing of civilians are getting sharper. This was a clearly marked aid convoy passing through an area without heavy fighting under israeli control. Aid agencies say co ordinating safe passage with the israeli army in gaza is cumbersome and time consuming. But its this kind of event that its designed to avoid. The un here says its been warning about Something Like this for months. We have got people in these i very, very dangerous situations moving around without any comms between the different groups or different teams. And then, you know, i last night, for example, there was Telephone Calls coming from the World Central Kitchen trying to make connections and itjust wasnt possible. So youre moving around gaza, no communication between teams. Why not . Well, because the israelis say we shouldnt have Communications Equipment because, if they do, they could actually be taken i by hamas and used by hamas. I think its a poor excuse. The first of the victims was buried today a local man called saif abu taha. Gaza, already a byword for grief, is tonight mourning those who came to save lives and paid with their own. Lucy williamson, bbc news, jerusalem. For more on the reaction and growing pressure on israel, i spoke to nimrod novik, who served as a senior Policy Advisor to former israeli president shimon peres. Asa as a professor myself, i share the sentiment that the Prime Ministers strategy over 15 years of strengthening hamas and weakening the moderate palestinian authority, thrashing our faces palestinian authority, Thrashing Ourfaces in a brittle way on 7 october, the government are in the month following the tragedy, and yes, 75 of the public by every poll over months now wish him gone. The conduct of the war since its purposeful stage, which was justified, was over, we are now in a phase of the fighting matters more than an attrition war than a purposeful one. And people would like to see a different leadership leading us out of this crisis and embracing opportunities that may come out of the tragedy. Meanwhile, concerns are growing about the war in Gaza Spilling over into the region. Yesterday a suspected israeli strike destroyed an iranian Consulate Building in the syrian capital, damascus, killing at least seven people, including the top two commanders in the powerful Iranian Revolutionary guards. Iran vowed to respond. Iran, israels archenemy, is a key supporter of hamas the group designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk government who carried out the attack on israel on 7 october. Iran also back hezbollah a Militant Group based in neighbouring lebanon who have been exchanging fire with Israeli Forces almost daily since hamas� s attack. Most of those flash points have been on the border of Northern Israel. Our international editor, jeremy bowen, sent this report. 25,000 israelis lived in kiryat shmona, a mile or so inside the border. Around 90 of them have left because of attacks out of lebanon from irans allies. This is the other war that has been fought since 7 october. Deeper and more dangerous after the assassination in damascus. But as you can see, the little marks from the anti personnel. Designed to kill people, right . Yep. The towns mayor, avichai sten, said last year, 10,000 hezbollah forces practiced taking over Northern Israel just like hamas in october. It can happen here, he said. The only way to stop it is to go into lebanon, to eliminate this threat as soon as possible. Further west, right on the border wire, the Avivim Winery was destroyed last week in a hezbollah strike. The winerys owner agrees that israel has to go into lebanon to finish hezbollah. This man, who was born here, says he isnt scared by their threats, sent by text with photos of him taken from their side. He says, theres no other choice, otherwise the community wont return to live here. Maybe just a few crazy guys like me. The children wont come back. It might not look it, but both sides have held back conscious all out war could be even worse than gaza. But the israelis are now pushing harder, saying irans strongest ally cannot be tolerated near them. And the reason why the israelis say all this is completely unacceptable to them is because life here has really ceased. People have left. Businesses are being destroyed. The area has been emptied. Something similar has been happening, too, on the other side of the border. Israeli firepower has done a lot of damage in lebanon and has forced Tens Of Thousands of lebanese civilians to flee the border. In 2006, when these israeli conscripts were infants, hezbollah fought israel to a standstill. Like their enemies in lebanon, israeli commanders have spent years training for the next war. Hezbollah is quite a strong enemy. But after 170, or more than 170 days, we understand them much better. And we can attack them when we want. The borderlands on a Spring Afternoon can feel peaceful. Were going to walk, i its a couple hundred. Its an illusion. Theres no frontier in the middle east thats more dangerous or as saturated with weapons. On the border, hezbollah set the pace at first aiding hamas by tying down israeli troops. But israel is escalating faster now. The empty, overgrown border communities wont be irans first choice to retaliate for the assassination in damascus. They could try an israeli target in another country or Cyber Attacks rather than artillery. Neither israel, iran or hezbollah wants all out war, but no side seems ready to stop the slide towards it. Jeremy bowen, bbc news, Northern Israel. At the white house tonight, President Joe Biden and Vice President harris were planning to hold an iftar dinner a Fast Breaking meal during the muslim holy month of ramadan with muslim and arab leaders. Instead, the dinner was cancelled because of the optics of Famine Concerns in gaza. According to a white house official, the president made clear he mourns the loss of every innocent life in this conflict and expressed his commitment to continue working to secure an immediate ceasefire as part of a deal to free the hostages and significantly increase humanitarian aid into gaza. Sabrina siddiqui is National Politics reporter for the wall streetjournal. Great to have you again. The strike on aid workers and the convoy added more attention to the plans for the dinner tonight. Tell us what ended up happening. Its tonight. Tell us what ended up happening happening. Its interesting because the happening. Its interesting because the white happening. Its interesting because the white house | happening. Its interesting because the white house iftar as celebration dates back for decades. The first was traced to Thomas Jefferson decades. The first was traced to thomasjefferson in 1805 but a tradition under the clinton, bush obama administrations, trump give one but still had iftar Ambassador Dinners will stop in the white house has a predicament under President Biden were we are trying to host what been a pretty bipartisan and noncontroversial event when there is so much pressure for the handling of the conflict in gaza by the president so instead of the dinner invited, most leaders said with more than a Million People starving in gaza that want to sit down to break bread with the white house so they requested a Poly Discussion with the president and state and that what they did was sit down to raise their concerns directly about the humanitarian crisis in gaza, some western leaders rejected invitation, calls to boycott and others i spoke to weather so they felt like it was a rare opportunity to have a direct audience with a president who they believe is one of the only people who can change the course of the war in gaza. , � gaza. President biden, the white house gaza. President biden, the white house has gaza. President biden, the white house has pointed l gaza. President biden, the| white house has pointed to gaza. President biden, the white house has pointed to his shifting on rhetoric to the war in gaza and the last six months, more critical of israel, looking at the mass civilian death toll in gaza. How is that landing with the arab and Muslim American community in the us . fix, arab and Muslim American community in the us . A lot of Eole Community in the us . A lot of peeple see. Community in the us . A lot of people see, when community in the us . A lot of people see, when i community in the us . A lot of people see, when i Talk Community in the us . A lot of people see, when i talk to people see, when i talk to them, the shift in tone. And of course they wanted the president to speak more critically of israels conflict in the war, civilian casualties and again the lack of aid getting into gaza, the fact that there has been a very real and acute risk of family, but what they have not seen as a shift in policy and that is a lot of these muslim and Arab American leaders and voters want. Some attendees at this meeting told the president directly, at what point will be your stop providing Military Assistance to israel, certainly at least in the course of this conflict, why is the Administration Still providing bombs and fighterjets at the same time as asking israel to rain and civilian casualties and thats not happening. The president has called for a temporary ceasefire to release hostages still being held by hamas and to get more aid in gaza but people want publicity, not a six week ceasefire and going back to the status quo. If you look at the democratic primary in michigan, w had more than 100,000 people vote uncommitted because of the concerns of the policy by the administration. Weve seen similar patterns and other primaries. What could be the impact on the election in november . It impact on the election in november . Impact on the election in november . ,. ,. , november . It could impact some ofthe november . It could impact some of the battleground november . It could impact some of the battleground States November . It could impact some of the Battleground States like i of the Battleground States like in michigan we have an outsized arab and Muslim American population. States like georgia, separated by Something Like 11,000 votes, notjust arab Muslim Americans, young, black americans, a lot of good who are voting for democrats are angered by the president s approach to the conflict so if there is turnout that is suppressed by his handling of the world, thats a problem for President Biden, if people Vote Third Party or leave the ballot black, thats a vote for former President Trump which what the white house and Biden Campaign are trying to convey to voters. Having said that, now were looking at a rematch between former president and President Biden is, some voters ive spoken to you sure yet how they will vote. Some have made up their mind and said they are done with President Biden and theres nothing he could do to change their mind, the war was a dealbreaker, but others said trump would be worse so maybe that will bring some of these voters back home to biden and others are watching and waiting to see if there is a meaningful change policy on President Biden� s but perhaps he would earn their vote. Bidens but perhaps he would earn their vote. Earn their vote. What is the white house earn their vote. What is the white house saying earn their vote. What is the white house saying about | earn their vote. What is the | white house saying about its strategy . White house saying about its strate . ~. , , strategy . The white house is sa in strategy . The white house is saying that strategy . The white house is saying that theyve strategy . The white house is saying that theyve been strategy . The white house is. Saying that theyve been trying to host discussions with muslim and Arab American leaders since the start of the conflict, the president sitting down with a handful of leaders in october and senior officials have met with muslim and Arab American leaders in the white house went to michigan to sit down with some of the elected officials over there who were frustrated by the administrations handling of the one seeking a meeting to talk about potential alternatives the current approach in policy. They are trying to straddle a convoluted line on the one hand starving their support for israel and honouring the support for the offensive in gaza while again trying to be a bit more critical, put more pressure on israel and its conduct in the war. We will see how long they can thread the needle and if they are able to appease the many different constituencies they are trying to keep the support of at this time. Interesting reporting. Great to have you one. Thank you. 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