Israel admits 'mistakes' in Gaza aid worker deaths

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00:00 Israel's military says its investigation into the Israeli drone strikes that killed

00:04 seven aid workers in the Gaza Strip on Monday shows it was the result of a misidentification

00:09 in complex conditions.

00:11 It says it believed it was targeting Hamas operatives.

00:15 Instead, humanitarian workers belonging to the US-based food charity World Central Kitchen

00:21 were killed.

00:22 "The WCK vehicles were marked with the logo of the WCK organization on the roof.

00:29 However the cameras tracking the vehicles from above were unable to identify the logos

00:35 which were not visible at night.

00:38 This tragic mistake could and should have been prevented."

00:43 Two Israeli brigade officers who warded the drone strikes have been sacked.

00:47 Three other officers have been reprimanded.

00:49 The WCK is calling for an independent inquiry.

00:53 The UN is calling for investigations into the deaths of all eight workers killed in

00:57 the Gaza Strip in the last six months.

00:59 "The question is not this only specific incident.

01:05 One hundred ninety-six humanitarian workers have been killed and we want to know why each

01:12 one of them was killed."

01:15 Also on Friday, Israel said it would temporarily reopen the Erez border crossing and the port

01:20 of Ashdod to allow aid into Gaza.

01:23 More aid from Jordan will be allowed.

01:26 That comes after the US President Joe Biden spoke with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

01:29 Netanyahu in a tense phone call on Thursday.

01:34 Meanwhile humanitarian organizations such as UNICEF are continuing operations despite

01:39 Monday's killings.

01:41 "We recognize the risks.

01:43 This is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a humanitarian worker but

01:48 it is the most dangerous place in the world to be a child.

01:52 And so that's why we're here.

01:53 We're focusing on the job but of course we're saying that this can never happen again and

01:57 we're asking for assurances at the highest level that it won't."

02:03 The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that Israel's new measures may not

02:07 be enough to meet the Biden administration's demands for dramatic improvements in humanitarian

02:13 conditions in Gaza.

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