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Live blog: Israel sacks army commanders over killing of WCK staff in Gaza
Israel’s war on besieged Palestinians of Gaza — now in its 182nd day — has killed at least 33,037 Palestinians and wounded 75,668 others as Israel fears Iran’s retribution following strike on Tehran’s consulate in Syria.
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Friday, April 5, 2024
2245 GMT — The Israeli army’s chief of general staff has sacked two top army commanders who were linked to a deadly strike on a convoy of World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza.
Herzi Halevi dismissed the commander of the tainted Nahal Brigade — one of the army’s main infantry brigades — and another senior commander within the same brigade, according to Israel’s Channel 14.
Halevi issued an apology on Wednesday for the Israeli strike. He said the incident occurred as a result of a “misidentification” that happened “during a war in very complex conditions.”
Many countries condemned the killing of the aid workers, including the US, which said it was “deeply troubled” by the strike that killed the nationals of Australia, Poland, the UK and Palestine as well as a US-Canadian dual citizen.
Despite coordinating movements with the Israeli army, the humanitarian organisation said the convoy was hit “car by car” as it was leaving a warehouse in the city of Deir al Balah in central Gaza, where the team had unloaded more than 100 tonnes of humanitarian food aid brought to Gaza on a maritime route.
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Israel targeted WCK aid workers ‘systematically, car by car’ — Jose Andres
2230 GMT — US looking at reports that Israel used AI to mass kill Palestinians
The United States was looking into a media report that Israeli military has designated tens of thousands of people in Gaza as assassination targets, relying on an AI targeting system — Lavender — with minimal human oversight and a lenient approach to casualties, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told CNN in an interview.
The report in +972 Magazine and Local Call was published on Wednesday.
Separately, Kirby was also asked in the interview about an Axios report that Israel will allow “temporary” Gaza aid through Beit Hanoun crossing or Erez crossing point as global pressure mounts on hawkish Netanyahu following the killing of seven WCK aid workers in Israeli “car to car” strikes.
He said if true, the report was welcome news.
For our live updates from Thursday, April 4, click here.
SOURCE: TRTWORLD AND AGENCIES
