Australia’s response to aid worker killing criticised

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Australia’s response to aid worker ******** criticised

The ******** embassy has accused Australia of making misrepresentations and crucial omissions in its response to a report on aid worker Zomi Frankcom’s ******.

A federal government advisor released a report on Friday into the ******* Defence Force airstrike on a humanitarian convoy which ******* Ms Frankcom and six other World Central Kitchen workers as they delivered food in Gaza in April.

Former *********** Defence Force chief Mark Binskin found the incident was caused by failures to follow IDF procedures, mistaken identification and decision-making errors exacerbated by confirmation bias.

*******’s embassy in Canberra has taken issue with aspects of Australia’s response.

“The *********** government’s statement about the report regrettably included some misrepresentations and omitted crucial details,” the embassy said in a statement on Monday.

It claimed the federal government had misrepresented the way the report was conducted, the degree of co-operation and openness exhibited by the ******** Defence Force and “certain aspects of the tragic incident”.

During a press conference on Friday, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Ms Frankcom was ******* “in an intentional strike by the IDF” and urged ******* to apologise to her family.

The ******** embassy pointed out Mr Binskin’s report found the IDF strike was “not knowingly or deliberately directed” against World Central Kitchen.

The diplomatic statement extended “deepest condolences” to Ms Frankcom’s family but did not include an apology.

*******’s defence force had dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others while improving co-ordination between the IDF and aid organisations, the embassy said.

“We hold the critical humanitarian activity undertaken by international aid organisations in the highest regard,” it said.

“We will continue to co-ordinate and assist in their operations.”

On October 7, ****** – designated a ********** group by the *********** government – attacked *******, ******** 1200 people and resulting in more than 200 hostages, according to ******** authorities.

In the months since, ******* has unleashed a ******** campaign and ground offensive in Gaza that has ******* almost 40,000 Palestinians, according to the local health ministry.

Almost 90 per cent of Gazans, about 1.9 million people, have been displaced while 495,000 are facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.

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