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Israel-Gaza latest news: Three British workers killed in Israeli strike on Gaza aid convoy - BBC News Israel-Gaza latest news: Three British workers killed in Israeli strike on Gaza aid convoy - BBC News
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James Landale Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has announced he will establish a "professional investigation team" after an airstrike killed seven aid workers in Gaza, an incident that Israel earlier described as "unintentional".
Diplomatic correspondent Gallant posted on the social media platform X that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) will open a "joint situation room" with international aid agencies so they can coordinate on the ground.
The UK government has summoned the Israeli ambassador in London to the Foreign Office following the deaths of aid workers in Gaza. He says Israel was "committed" to working with international partners to facilitate the distribution of aid and that it would allocate resources to that end.
The ambassador attended the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Offices where Andrew Mitchell, the minister for development and Africa, "set out the Government's unequivocal condemnation of the appalling killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers, including three British Nationals". Gallant goes on to describe the incident as "tragic" and adds that it "will be investigated thoroughly". The IDF, he says, will update aid agencies on the action it was taking.
"Today, I summoned the Ambassador of the Israeli Embassy in London to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office," Mitchell said, adding that he'd "requested a quick and transparent investigation, shared with the international community, and full accountability".
"I reiterated the need for Israel to put in place an effective deconfliction mechanism immediately and urgently to scale up humanitarian access. We need to see an immediate humanitarian pause, to get aid in and the hostages out, then progress towards a sustainable ceasefire."
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