Israeli defence minister says withdrawal part of preparations for attack on Rafah; Egyptian media reports progress in negotiations
Israel is yet to provide a satisfactory explanation for the death of seven aid workers last week, prime minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday as Australia appointed a senior former military official to study Israel’s inquiry into the incident. Israel said on Friday its soldiers mistakenly believed they were attacking Hamas gunmen when air strikes killed the mostly international group of World Central Kitchen staff, including Australian “Zomi” Frankcom.
Two officers have been dismissed and others reprimanded, Reuters reported. Albanese said the explanation for the deaths was not adequate. Given that almost 200 aid workers had been killed in the conflict, Israel also needed to provide more information about what it would do to prevent similar events in the future, he added. “We don’t find the explanations to be satisfactory to this point,” he said in an interview on state broadcaster ABC.
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