Australian inquiry blames Israeli military failings for attack on aid convoy

Seven people were killed when the Israeli drone struck the World Central Kitchen convoy (Ismael Abu Dayyah/AP)

The Israeli military’s attack on an aid convoy in Gaza in April that killed seven people was the result of serious failures of defence procedures, mistaken identification and errors in decision-making, according to an Australian investigation that was made public on Friday.

Australia initiated the investigation to examine Tel Aviv’s response to the widely condemned Israeli Defence Forces’ drone strikes on three World Central Kitchen vehicles on April 1. Australian Zomi Frankcom, three of her aid worker colleagues and three British personal security staff died in the attack.