Foreign minister’s condemnation of Israeli PM comes as IDF says it has completed its investigation into drone strike that killed seven aid workers
The foreign minister, Penny Wong, says Australia does not accept that the Israeli drone strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers ‘can be lessened or diminished in any way’.The foreign minister, Penny Wong, says Australia does not accept that the Israeli drone strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers ‘can be lessened or diminished in any way’.
Three vehicles, marked as belonging to the charity World Central Kitchen, were struck by Israeli drones on Monday when they travelled along a route south of Deir al-Balah pre-approved and coordinated with the Israel Defense Forces. She also condemned the suggestion from an Israeli government spokesperson that darkness and confusion were also reasons for what Israel has called “a grave mistake”.
Wong did not specifically endorse the Frankcom family’s calls for a war crimes investigation, but also did not rule it out. She would not be drawn on possible future sanctions against Israel, but said consequences would be considered once the full facts were known. Col Peter Lerner, an IDF spokesperson, told ABC Radio National on Friday that the IDF liaison officer who had worked closely with WCK was “devastated from this because he was part of that coordination process”.
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