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 the convoy moved on with other vehicles to an inland warehouse, where Drone Footage showed more gunmen getting out of one car. That vehicle later moved north to another warehouse while the three cars from world Central Kitchen
chief of staff, an officer with the rank of colonel in reserve, and the brigade fire support commander with the rank of major have been dismissed from their positions. here s idf spokesperson daniel hagari. the findings of the investigation should show that there were in fact a number of armed gunmen who boarded and left some of the vehicles that were identified during the course of the event. after some of the vehicles split from the others the forces that were tracking the vehicles let self thinking that these were hamas vehicles. that hamas gunmen had entered. this operational misidentification and misclassification was the result of internal failures. america s top diplomat antony blinken reacted to the idf s findings earlier as he boarded a plane back to washington from brussels. it s very important that israel is taking full responsibility for this incident. it s also important that it appears to be taking steps to hold those responsible accountable. even more importa
including: an aid coordination plan not being shared widely with its operational forces. the report found the suspicion that an armed man was in one of the vehicles didn tjustify the attack. and that the attack shouldn t have continued after the first vehicle in the convoy was struck. two idf officers have been sacked, and others disciplined. the incident has led to worldwide condemnation. here the foreign secretary lord cameron said israel must follow up this report with a wholly independent review . in response to the criticism, israel said it will open up more aid routes. tonight we look at the humanitarian situation in gaza, and we ll have analysis from our international editorjeremy bowen injerusalem. first, here s lucy williamson. israel says hamas gunmen often pose as aid workers. not this time. 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 vio
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hello, welcome to the programme. the israeli military has said air strikes on a convoy in gaza, which left seven aid workers dead, happened after a series of grave mistakes . israel has sacked two senior officers and has given its first detailed account about how and why it carried out the attack. here are the key points. the idf says the strike should not have happened and expressed its deep sorrow for the incident. it says those who approved the strike were convinced they were targeting hamas operatives. the strikes on the three vehicles were carried out in serious violation of standard operation procedure and the brigade chief of staff, an officer with the rank of colonel in reserve, and the brigade fire support commander with the rank of major have been dismissed from their positions. the people who died were working for the charity, world central kitchen, which has called for an independent inquiry. in response to the deaths, joe biden says israel is doing what he ask