An investigation reveals that Israel's military disregarded procedures in the killing of aid workers, leading to international condemnation.
opened new food corridorsThe unusually swift investigation found the order to kill was made on the basis of one grainy piece of drone camera footage that mistakenly was taken as identifying an armed gunman. IDF rules are supposed to require multiple confirmations before a strike is ordered. A colonel and a major have been dismissed and three others reprimanded.
It follows what appears to have been a decisive phone call between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday in which Biden warned US policy towards Gaza would change if Israel continued to defy calls to alter its approach to the supply of aid. Hamas has been demanding the return of displaced residents of northern Gaza to their homes, but the key stumbling block is Hamas’s demand for a total ceasefire, as opposed to an interim truce, as a precondition to the deal. The two sides in successive rounds of talks have found it impossible to bridge the chasm.
In an interview with the conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt on Thursday, Trump criticised Israel for releasing the “most heinous” and “most horrible” videos of buildings being destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza.
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