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Global News Podcast

The Israeli military sacks two officers after strikes on aid convoy

Global News Podcast

BBC

News, Daily News

4.38.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

A report says the incident was a grave mistake caused by an identification error. Also, a senior WHO official says the humanitarian situation in Sudan is catastrophic; and flood warnings are issued across south-eastern Australia after heavy rain.

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:04.9

I'm Jackie Leonard and at 13 hours GMT on Friday, the 5th of April,

0:09.2

these are our main stories.

0:10.8

The Israel Defence Forces have released their report into the killing of aid workers delivering food to Gaza.

0:16.5

Israel's announced that more crossings are to be opened to allow aid into Gaza and we remember the work of a pioneering feminist author who's died.

0:25.0

Also in this podcast as the 30th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide approaches

0:31.0

we hear from communities about the reconciliation process.

0:35.0

I used to blame the former leadership which forced me to commit crimes,

0:40.0

but the healing process eventually made me acknowledge my responsibility.

0:48.8

The Israeli military has released the first findings of its investigation into the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza on Monday.

0:56.0

It said the strike on the aid convoy was a grave mistake stemming from three major identification failings.

1:03.6

The World Central Kitchen, the charity the victims worked for,

1:07.4

said the IDF response was cold comfort,

1:10.4

adding that Israel could not credibly investigate its own failure in Gaza.

1:15.0

Our correspondent in Jerusalem, Joe Floto, told us more.

1:19.0

So the report is the IDF's conclusion of what went on on April the 1st that led to the death of seven aid

1:27.4

workers. I was taken last night to the Ministry of Defense and shown some of the

1:31.1

video evidence that they presented to set the scene as it were for this decision-making

1:36.1

process that went catastrophically wrong. They showed us some drone footage of the aid convoy

1:48.0

where the logo of this World Central Kitchen charity is not visible. They said that was critical.

1:50.0

They also showed us some video of gunman who was on top of one of the aid lorries and fired a shot.

1:59.0

And so they presented a context in which the drone unit that was operating in the area was under the

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