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00:00A case of mistaken identity and a series of failures by IDF operatives in which the Israeli
00:05army killed seven humanitarian workers, an Australian, three Brits, an American,
00:10a Palestinian and a Pole. A strike the Australian government has called inexcusable.
00:15It is clear that these deaths were a consequence of a failure of IDF controls,
00:20errors in decision making and misidentification, a failure to comply with senior command direction
00:27and a violation of IDF procedures and rules of engagement.
00:31An Australian government report found that the IDF mistook the NGO's civilian security staff
00:37for armed Hamas hijackers and notes that Israeli authorities did not act in a professional manner,
00:44determining the individuals were Hamas operatives on the sole basis of one aerial video feed.
00:49Israel said at the time that the attack was unintentional.
00:52Unfortunately, yesterday a tragic incident occurred. Our forces unintentionally struck
00:59innocent people in the Gaza Strip. This happens in war. We will conduct a full investigation.
01:05Two Israeli officers were dismissed over the incident and three formally reprimanded.
01:10The UN estimates that more than 200 humanitarian workers
01:14have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the 7th of October.