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The Israel Defense Forces killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza on Monday, sparking international outrage. “After the vehicles left the warehouse where the aid had been unloaded, one of the commanders mistakenly assumed the gunmen were located inside the accompanying vehicles and that these were Hamas terrorists,” it said. Separately, an IDF spokesperson told CNN that the …
CNN — The IDF fired two senior officers and reprimanded a top commander as it admitted a catalog of failures in a drone strike on an aid convoy in Gaza, including that it killed aid workers who had survived an initial attack. The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that “those who approved the strike were convinced that they were targeting …
Israeli military says its officers believed they were targeting Hamas fighters when they killed charity workers. The United States-based charity World Central Kitchen, whose convoy was hit, said Israel’s “apologies for the outrageous killing of our colleagues represent cold comfort”, and it called for an independent investigation into the attack. Our operations remain suspended.” ‘Not necessarily justice’ The Israeli military …
