targeting his staff. israel s economy minister nir barkat says it s nonsense to suggest that the idf deliberately targeted aid workers, describing the incident as a tragic mistake. lucy williamson reports from jerusalem. israel s army said it had misidentified them. today, colleagues wrote their names on the body bags that carried them out of gaza. john chapman. james henderson. and james kirby. three british men, among seven aid workers killed in israeli air strikes this week. their bodies driven through the rafah crossing into egypt to be flown home to the uk. today, the head of their organisation spoke for the first time about what happened. they attacked the first car. they were able to move in the second one. again, this one was hit. they were able to move in the third one. in the process, we know they were trying to call. but in the chaos of the moment, whatever happened, they. to try to be telling idf that why are they doing, that they were targeting us, and then they
nato leaders descend on brussels for a key summit, with support for ukraine a central topic of conversation british foreign secretary lord david cameron has called on members to ensure they spend at least 2% of their gross domestic product. and we will be live in the capital of haiti with a state of emergency set to lapse today, there are concerns an already dangerous situation could spiral out of control again. we start in the middle east and israel is under growing international pressure after the deaths of seven aid workers, three of them british, killed in an israeli air strike on gaza. president biden has said he s outraged and heartbroken by what happened. the british foreign secretary lord cameron called it a dreadful event, and he paid tribute to those killed, saying they were brave, humanitarian workers . their charity, world central kitchen, released these pictures of the aid workers, who died when their convoy was hit on monday. the seven staff were from
three of the dead are british nationals, including james kirby, from bristol who was a7, and whose family today told the bbc that all seven were heroes. the head of the isreali military says it was a grave mistake due to misidentification, and an investigation is now under way. we ll analyse what happened in the air strike and get the latest on the ground in gaza, but first, dan johnson has been speaking to the family ofjames kirby. humanitarian aid relies on people like this, the three british men killed providing security advice in gaza. he has died a hero. you know, they all have. james kirby s relatives share the grief that s reached bristol and six other aid worker families around the world. for him to lose his life in that situation, it s just heartbreaking that, you know, he s lost his life doing that. but he knew the dangers. he was selfless in that regard and he just wanted to help people. their cars were hit by israel s military as they returned to their base af
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