It shouldn't have happened' - Israel says it killed aid workers by mistake
The statement follows call by Israeli allies, including the U.S., demanding a full and independent investigation into the incident.
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“I want to be very clear the strike was not carried out with the intention of harming WCK aid workers.
“It was a mistake that followed a misidentification at night during a war in very complex conditions. It shouldn’t have happened,” Chief of the General Staff, Herzi Halevi, said in a video statement.
His statement followed calls by Israeli allies, including the U.S., demanding a full and independent investigation into the incident.
The seven staff members from Palestine, Australia, Poland, Britain, and one of them holding dual U.S.-Canadian citizenship, were delivering aid in a convoy to famine-stricken Gaza, said a statement from WCK, a U.S.-based organisation.
They were killed in a “targeted attack” by the Israeli military, said the statement, urging Israel to stop the indiscriminate killing in Gaza.
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