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
hello. the foreign secretary, lord cameron, says he s carefully reviewing the initial findings of the israeli military investigation into how its forces killed seven aid workers in gaza on monday. three of the dead were british nationals. the israeli defence force inquiry found there d been a catalogue of errors leading up to the air strikes on the aid convoy, with the idf saying the deaths were a grave mistake and a serious violation of procedure. several senior officers have now been dismissed. the people who died were working for the charity world central kitchen, which has called for an independent inquiry, and there s been worldwide condemnation of the killings. israel has now opened up more aid routes, in response to the criticism. in a moment, we ll take look at the dire humanitarian situation in gaza, where more than 33,000 people have died in the last six months, according to the hamas controlled health ministry. but first, here s lucy williamson injerusalem. israe
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