Israel army blames deadly strike on ‘misidentification’

Kin of victims of the attacks by Palestinian militants at the site of the Nova festival in Re’im in Israel. Pic/AFP

Israel's military chief says a deadly Israeli strike that killed seven aid workers in the Gaza Strip was the result of a ‘misidentification' in complex conditions. Announcing the results of a preliminary probe early Wednesday, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi expressed remorse over the killings and called the event a ‘grave mistake'.

"It was a mistake that followed a misidentification - at night during a war in very complex conditions. It shouldn't have happened," he said. He gave no further details. He said an independent body would conduct a "thorough investigation".

Not enough done to protect civilians: Joe Biden flays Israel

US President Joe Biden has criticised Israel, saying it has not "has not done enough" to protect civilians as he expressed "outrage" over the deadly strike that killed seven aid workers in Gaza. Aid workers who were working for the World Central Kitchen, a charity delivering food to besieged Palestinians, were killed in the Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Tuesday.

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The victims comprised three British nationals, an Australian, a Polish national, an American-Canadian dual citizen and a Palestinian. In a statement on Tuesday, Biden said he is "outraged and heartbroken". "They were providing food to hungry civilians in the middle of a war. They were brave and selfless. Their deaths are a tragedy," he said.

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