Allison Kaplan Sommer is a journalist at Israeli Newspaper Haaretz and host of the haaretz podcast. She told us how israelis were reacting to todays news. They want their hostages back. They want them alive. As many as still remain alive. And the mood was encapsulated by a Facebook Post from his sister, she posted. Basically, she was the one who announced as much as the israeli army announced that her brothers body had been recovered and returned to israel. And she wrote on facebook, youre going to hear from the army about their Daring Rescue operation in which they got my brothers body and returned it to israel. And she said, dont let anyone fool you. This is not a rescue operation. This is an incident of my brother having been abandoned to die. The first abandonment took place when the military did not move into the kibbutz from which he was kidnapped, in time, and he was kidnapped. And there were two videos released of her brother alive and in captivity. So they know that he did not
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