Israel has admitted that it carried out the airstrike in Gaza Last Night that killed seven people working for the food aid Charity World central kitchen, including three british nationals. The bbc has learned their names arejohn chapman, James Henderson and james kirby. The Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, said Israeli Forces had caused Unintentional Harm to innocent people and called it a tragic incident this despite the charity having coordinated its movements with the israeli military. The strike has been condemned by governments around the world and raised fears that the already fragile system of delivering aid to starving palestinians could collapse completely. The Hamas Run Health Ministry in gaza claims nearly 33,000 people have been killed there since the war began in october. From jerusalem, our correspondent Lucy Williamson reports. 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 o
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
Scene with a number of security guards, he said the men were still there, he gave a number of pubs they we re there, he gave a number of pubs they were going in and out of. He said he and his colleagues tried to throw chairs at these men to stop them doing what they were doing and then hes decided to evacuate the area, the its doormat which is what he did. He was deeply shocked when he said this. We also have a woman who describes seeing the van hitting pedestrians near a bus stop, she said she saw six people injured. Another Eyewitness Saw three guys, three men. We have that report of something at vauxhall. We have a witness saying that they saw walking wounded team ta ken witness saying that they saw walking wounded team taken to Liverpool Street covered in blood and bandages. To sum that up, some sort ofan bandages. To sum that up, some sort of an attack on this part of south london, this time of night on a night like this. Some sort of attack using a van. As we said, three to four
Scene with a number of security guards, he said the men were still there, he gave a number of pubs they we re there, he gave a number of pubs they were going in and out of. He said he and his colleagues tried to throw chairs at these men to stop them doing what they were doing and then hes decided to evacuate the area, the its doormat which is what he did. He was deeply shocked when he said this. We also have a woman who describes seeing the van hitting pedestrians near a bus stop, she said she saw six people injured. Another Eyewitness Saw three guys, three men. We have that report of something at vauxhall. We have a witness saying that they saw walking wounded team ta ken witness saying that they saw walking wounded team taken to Liverpool Street covered in blood and bandages. To sum that up, some sort ofan bandages. To sum that up, some sort of an attack on this part of south london, this time of night on a night like this. Some sort of attack using a van. As we said, three to four