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Wed 03 Apr 2024 9:46 pm - Jerusalem Time

Countries send a “diplomatic rebuke” to “Israel” for killing aid workers in Gaza

Canada and the embassies of other countries intend to send a “joint formal diplomatic rebuke” to the Israeli Foreign Ministry after the killing of seven aid workers in the Gaza Strip, a senior Canadian government official announced.


A senior official at Canada's Department of Global Affairs also made a formal protest to Israel's ambassador to Canada on Tuesday, the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told the AP. The Canadian official did not announce which countries would participate in sending the reprimand.


But the deaths of Monday's attacks included a dual Canadian-American citizen, a Palestinian, three Britons, two Poles and two Australians. These Western countries were major supporters of the nearly six-month-long Israeli war on Gaza.


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that the army carried out an "unintended strike on innocent people," noting that "this happens in war."


Canada demands a full investigation

This comes as Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolie called on Wednesday for a full investigation into the killing of aid workers in the Gaza Strip, including a Canadian citizen, in an Israeli air strike.


She said on the sidelines of a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels that Israel needs to respect international law, and added that Canada will make sure of that.


Poland summons the Israeli ambassador after the killing of aid workers in Gaza


Today, Wednesday, the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Israeli ambassador to Poland to discuss Israel’s moral, political and financial responsibility after its raid that resulted in the killing of seven humanitarian workers in Gaza, including a Pole.


Polish Foreign Minister Andrzej Saina said that he summoned the Israeli ambassador, and said: “I wanted to discuss with him the new situation in Polish-Israeli relations and the moral, political and financial responsibility for the incident that recently occurred in Gaza,” according to the “Barrons” website.


Poland: Aid workers killed causes 'understandable anger'

Meanwhile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Wednesday that the Israeli air attack that killed aid workers, including a Polish citizen, in Gaza and the reaction of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had caused “understandable anger” and strained relations with Warsaw.


Israel's ambassador to Poland, Yaakov Livni, said in a post on the X social media platform, yesterday, Tuesday, that the "extreme right and left" in Poland accuse Israel of premeditated murder, adding that "anti-Semitism will always remain anti-Semitism."


Tusk wrote on the social media platform "We face a truly difficult test. The tragic attack on volunteers and your reaction arouses understandable anger."


Netanyahu also said that Israel is conducting a comprehensive investigation and will do everything in its power to avoid a repeat of the incident.


In X platform post after Tusk's comments, Livni said, "We have repeatedly expressed our deep regret, sadness, and condolences over the tragic loss of the lives of World Central Kitchen employees."


The mayor of the city of Przemysl in southeastern Poland explained that the name of the Polish volunteer who was killed was Damian Sobol. Prosecutors in Przemysl told the state news agency that they had opened an investigation into Sobol's death.


Albanese expresses his "anger" to Netanyahu

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed his "outrage" at the killing of seven aid workers to his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, and said, "I very clearly told Prime Minister Netanyahu that Australians are angry about this tragedy."


US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had called for a "quick and impartial" investigation into the killing of seven aid workers.


Blinken said alongside his French counterpart, Stephane Ségournet, during a press conference in Paris: “We spoke directly to the Israeli authorities (...) We asked them to conduct a quick and impartial investigation to understand exactly what happened,” noting that “we should not have a situation in which people are exposed to... They are simply trying to help their fellow human beings at great risk,” he said, stressing that humanitarian workers “must be protected.”


“Protecting humanitarian workers is a moral and legal duty that everyone must abide by,” Sigournet said, adding that France “strongly condemns” the Israeli strike.

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