In its connection connected Wednesday, the IDF said the beingness of an equipped defender with the convoy had not been flagged to it earlier the convoy acceptable off, and that helium was falsely identified arsenic a Hamas fighter. It besides accused the convoy of deviating from the way co-ordinated with the military.
Notwithstanding "serious failures" successful the process that led to the killings, "the decisions of the commanders did not rise tenable suspicion of transgression misconduct," the IDF said.
Prior to the connection by the 3 countries, Australia summoned Hillel Newman. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said her state was "outraged" by the Israeli government's decision.
She besides said determination were inactive galore "unanswered questions" astir the strikes, including why, if the archetypal onslaught connected the convoy was "a catastrophic error", 2 further strikes followed conscionable minutes apart.
Poland's overseas ministry besides said connected Thursday that it was "very disappointed" and had summoned Israel's ambassador successful Warsaw.
The laminitis of World Central Kitchen, Jose Andres, described the determination arsenic "wrong" and "painful for each of us", demanding an autarkic committee to investigate.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not publically responded to the latest connection from the UK, Australia and Canada, but helium antecedently said that the subject had "unintentionally" killed the volunteers.
The connection came aft a harsh speech of words betwixt UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar implicit Israel's plans to unfastened tenders for the operation of astir 1,200 colony homes successful a strategically important portion of the occupied West Bank.
Israeli settlements are amerciable nether planetary instrumentality and plans to physique successful the alleged E1 country - eastbound of Jerusalem - person agelong been internationally condemned.
Miliband condemned the work of the tender arsenic "an unacceptable and destructive act", and called connected Israel to "halt E1 plans immediately, retract the tender and halt each colony expansion".
In response, Saar said connected societal media that helium rejected "outright" Miliband's statement.
"The Jewish radical person the close to unrecorded passim the Land of Israel, conscionable arsenic the British person the close to unrecorded successful London and passim the United Kingdom," helium wrote.
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