from an israeli air strike that killed seven aid workers in gaza, monday. the israel defense forces have now fired two senior officers after an internal investigation called the attack a "grave accident," saying the idf believed the aid convoy was carrying hamas gunmen. that convoy belonged to the world central kitchen. the aid group has dismissed the report — and is urging an independent investigation. our middle east correspondent lucy williamson has more. israel says hamas gunmen often pose as aid workers. not this time. its army today said the killing of seven aid workers in air strikes this week was a grave mistake due to mistaken identification, errors in decision making and a serious violation of army procedures. the convoy belonging to the charity world central kitchen was struck in central

gaza late on monday night. survivors running between the remaining vehicles before being hit again and then again. the army said its forces had mistaken the bag one passenger was carrying for a gun after spotting gunmen at the warehouse earlier. it was a visual confirmation of a gunman, first of all, on one of the trucks that then conducted shooting from one of the trucks. and when they indeed reached the hangars, there were more gunmen identified on the location. and it led basically to the entire miscalculation, misidentification and the failure of what should have happened. israel's army said the aid was picked up by lorry atiopm. the armed figure was then spotted firing from one of the trucks before the convoy moved on with other vehicles to an inland warehouse where drone footage showed more gunmen getting out of one car. that vehicle later moved north

to another warehouse while the three cars from world central kitchen turned back to the coast where they were hit in separate air strikes minutes apart. the army has fired two senior officers who approved the strikes, but world central kitchen has called for an independent inquiry, saying the idf cannot credibly investigate its own failure and that systemic change was needed. other aid agencies say this was not a one off mistake. this is notjust an incident. this is a series, a pattern of incidents that have been going on for months and months now. we're now up to the stage of having 200 humanitarian workers killed. we're operating in an environment of complete impunity. it is a deliberate choice to allow these attacks to continue to happen. one former major general pointed out that israeli forces have also killed their own compatriots in gaza.

it was a huge mistake. unfortunately, many, many other mistakes were made. for instance, israel killed three israeli hostages that managed to release themselves, and nevertheless, they were killed by israeli soldiers. and of course, no one believed that we killed them deliberately. the difficulties of getting aid to gaza was already deepening rifts with israel's allies. the killing of british and american nationals has shifted the debate. the port of ashdod is less than 30 miles from gaza, but for the past six months it's remained closed to aid. now this port and the nearby erez crossing point have been prised open by a stinging us demand that israel find new routes to get aid safely into northern gaza or risk losing american support. israel says its war is with hamas, not gaza's civilians, that it's fighting one and feeding the other.

but aid workers accuse israel of seeing them as targets and aid as a weapon of war. lucy williamson, bbc news, ashdod. here in the us — there's growing pressure on presidentjoe biden over his handling of the conflict. some democrats criticize him for his unwavering support of israel, others on the left say he isn't doing enough to address the humanitarian crisis in gaza. most republicans meanwhile are more favourable toward sending military aid to israel. meanwhile, in the uk, pressure is growing on the government to stop weapons sales to israel. including from scotland's first minister humza yousaf. members of his wife's family live in gaza, and at the beginning of the war, her parents were stuck there for several weeks. he spoke to the bbc�*s hardtalk, wednesday. the uk government has to stop arms sales to israel. well let's just look at the events of the last couple of days. aid workers killed

by an israeli strike. if the uk continues to provide arms to a government that has killed women and children, has killed aid workers, has bombed schools, bombed refugee camps, bombed un facilities, then in my eyes that makes the uk government complicit. you can watch that interview on hardtalk, monday and tuesday on bbc news. earlier i spoke to tal heinrich, a spokesperson for israel's prime minister. thank you for taking the time tojoin us. joe biden in the us warned that the country could change its support for israel if changes are not made to limit humanitarian suffering in gaza, has been international calls including from the un to suspend weapon sales to israel. the scottish bus minister told the bbc directly he thinks the uk should stop arms sales to

israel. what is the prime ministers response to that and how concerned is benjamin netanyahu about losing support neta nyahu about losing support from netanyahu about losing support from allies?— from allies? thank you for havin: from allies? thank you for having me _ from allies? thank you for having me on _ from allies? thank you for having me on today. - from allies? thank you for - having me on today. washington and jerusalem see iti in the big game of things — make eye to eye. we want to eliminate the terror organisation hamas and we want to make sure that gaza will never pose a terrorist threat to us and we want to make sure that are still in people, the hostages will come back home. while we are working on achieving these objectives as we define them, both of us, both sides want to see the minimal civilian suffering, minimal collateral damage and civilian casualties which is what hamas is trying to maximise. that's what the entire strategy is based upon. it does sound like there is some severe disagreement, stopping weapon sales to israel and joe biden with a very

forceful warning to benjamin netanyahu. does that change the game or relationships at all between israel and its allies? not at all, israel and united states are best allies, we are best friends in washington, we take advice and share concerns and we don't have to agree on every small detail but in the big scheme of things we do because we share the same values. it's important to mention here that we all want the same things and in that phone call between the president and prime minister, our war cabinet convened last night and a few decisions in regards to humanitarian aid were made, decided to open another border crossing for the insertion of aid in the northern part of the gaza strip. the maritime port of ashod which are something we have not done before, we will also facilitate the entry of

aid and humanitarian aid from they will be transferred for further inspection and aid from jordan border crossings will be increased. jordan border crossings will be increased-— increased. when it comes to those crossings, _ increased. when it comes to those crossings, in - increased. when it comes to those crossings, in speakingj those crossings, in speaking with aid organisations that because concern is the number of trucks allowed through those roots. can you confirm how many trucks may be allowed through the new crossings? we trucks may be allowed through the new crossings?— the new crossings? we are talkin: the new crossings? we are talking about _ the new crossings? we are talking about a _ the new crossings? we are talking about a couple - the new crossings? we are talking about a couple of i talking about a couple of hundreds every day, the number was over the past 2a hours about 240, there was over the past 24 hours about 240, there was 266 also i think the day before. a couple of hundred per day, more food trucks and it's important to mention, are going into gaza daily than before october seven. i know some outlets reported a wrong number because when you consider food trucks, the number that enter for the war started, there were food trucks with cement, certain materials that went right into

building these terror tunnels and infrastructure. when we talk about food alone, double the amount of food trucks that entered gaza before october seven... i entered gaza before october seven... ., ., ., seven... i have to mention several — seven... i have to mention several aid _ seven... i have to mention| several aid organisations... numbers now say 1.1 million people, half the population of gaza are at risk of starvation so that is important to mention. i want to turn to the idf internal investigation into the incident where seven aid workers were killed by strikes by the israeli military. two senior officers have been dismissed but will there be any broader changes to the way israel's military operation, something that will not happen like this again?— like this again? before that, the starvation _ like this again? before that, the starvation accusation, i like this again? before that, i the starvation accusation, has no immediate starvation in gaza. , , no immediate starvation in gaza. ,, ., no immediate starvation in gaza. , , ., ., no immediate starvation in gaza. ,, m, ., ., gaza. this is what aid agencies are telling _ gaza. this is what aid agencies are telling us _ gaza. this is what aid agencies are telling us time _ gaza. this is what aid agencies are telling us time and - gaza. this is what aid agencies are telling us time and time i are telling us time and time again and we speak with several organisations and members of the un, they tell us that starvation is imminent. children have already died from starvation. i

children have already died from starvation-— starvation. i can tell you that there are _ starvation. i can tell you that there are 3000 _ starvation. i can tell you that there are 3000 calories - starvation. i can tell you that there are 3000 calories per. starvation. i can tell you that i there are 3000 calories per day per person entering gaza daily even if hamas kills half of them will stop we acknowledge that there is a challenge with distribution of aid, we want to make it a smoother mechanism but addressing your other question because i know we are short on time. there is an investigation i believe maybe you saw the preliminary findings but there is an investigation of this very tragic incident under way, we should make sure that this will never recover for that reason also set up a situation room to better the co—ordination between the eight groups and idf. it's a tragedy that should not have happened and was a mistake following misidentification of these three vehicles. i misidentification of these three vehicles.— misidentification of these three vehicles. i want to ask about domestic _ three vehicles. i want to ask about domestic support - three vehicles. i want to ask l about domestic support within israel. we have seen growing protest against the prime minister calling to bring the hostages home, they are now calling for new elections. does

benjamin netanyahu have the domestic mandate right now to continue to lead israel? we are a democracy. — continue to lead israel? we are a democracy, there _ continue to lead israel? we are a democracy, there are - continue to lead israel? we are | a democracy, there are protests but if you see the images they are minimal also it is not something, because most most people are not engaged in politics right now. we put the notion of a united front against the brutal enemy called hamas way before politics. they will be time for an election and to discuss politics but right now overwhelming majority of israel is united behind the wall objectives as we have defined them all in the october seven masig and we have a unity government in place. our soldiers are not dealing with politics right now as they fight, some of them paid the ultimate prize to defend us so that i will be able to sit here and talk with you right now and we of this to them because they are not talking about politics. they want us to be united

against this brutal enemy so this is what we're doing, most of us. ., this is what we're doing, most of us. . . of us. tal heinrich, spokesperson - of us. tal heinrich, spokesperson for l of us. tal heinrich, l spokesperson for the of us. tal heinrich, - spokesperson for the israeli prime minister �*s office, thank you so much. prime minister 's office, thank you so much-— that attack earlier this week on aid workers has further complicated the humanitarian situation in gaza. according to the united nations, at least 180 aid workers have been died since the war began in since the strike that killed members of the world central kitchen, it paused its operations in gaza. the us charity anera also suspended work the two were serving two million meals per week in the territory. live now to adam ramadan, deputy director of rebuilding alliances, which operates two dozen food kitchens in gaza in partnership with the world food programme. we're hearing today about the israel's investigation into the killing of seven aid workers. they said there is no immediate starvation in gaza, what is

your reaction to that? it’s your reaction to that? it's very devastating - your reaction to that? it's very devastating to - your reaction to that? it�*s very devastating to hear. we hear firsthand from our partners on the ground that due to the halted operations from the world central kitchen and anera, we have seen an increase of more than 20% of family searching forfood. of more than 20% of family searching for food. they are desperate to feed the children. the situation has not gotten better, 200 trucks entering gazais better, 200 trucks entering gaza is not enough and we need to push for more orders to open and aid to come to gaza. simply 200 trucks a day is not enough. we really need more. to 200 trucks a day is not enough. we really need more.— we really need more. to be clear, we really need more. to be clear. the — we really need more. to be clear, the word _ we really need more. to be clear, the word starvation, l clear, the word starvation, what have you seen on the ground and what is your group seeing? are people starving? we are seeing? are people starving? - are seeing reports in the north that people, children specifically, are dying of malnutrition and starvation. 0ur malnutrition and starvation. our partners find it very difficult to find any food

commodities or even trying to purchase anything in the market is hard to come across especially in the north. in the south, with our partners with the world food programme we are getting kitchens to provide hot meals daily but we need to push for more food convoys to enter the north. the situation in the north is very dire and we are seeing reports of children dying of starvation.- seeing reports of children dying of starvation. one of those newly _ dying of starvation. one of those newly opened - dying of starvation. one of those newly opened aid i dying of starvation. one of i those newly opened aid routes into gaza is in the north. will these new routes make a difference, what kind of impact would have? it difference, what kind of impact would have?— difference, what kind of impact would have? it will have a huge imact would have? it will have a huge impact on _ would have? it will have a huge impact on we — would have? it will have a huge impact on we will _ would have? it will have a huge impact on we will be _ would have? it will have a huge impact on we will be able i would have? it will have a huge impact on we will be able to i impact on we will be able to mmp impact on we will be able to ramp up and open new kitchens in the north. 0ur ramp up and open new kitchens in the north. our partners are more than ever dedicated to providing meals to the families of gaza. to give back to the community, no—one wants to see that peoplesoft of starvation. despite the huge security

risks, we are continuing operations and doing whatever we can to continue cooking on a daily basis. the fact we are able to bring more food commodities to the north and open more kitchens, we can definitely reduce the risk of starvation in the north. your u-rou starvation in the north. your group actually _ starvation in the north. your group actually operates i starvation in the north. your. group actually operates across gaza but i believe one of your kitchens is very close to where this strike on seven aid workers took place. i wanted to ask you, how does rebuilding alliance co—ordinate with the idf and how do you ensure the safety of the workers on the ground? safety of the workers on the round? , , ground? first, rebuilding alliances— ground? first, rebuilding alliances wants _ ground? first, rebuilding alliances wants to - ground? first, rebuilding| alliances wants to express ground? first, rebuilding i alliances wants to express our deepest condolences for the tragic loss of the team members that lost their lives from the world central kitchen. it's such an unfortunate event that after taking the safety precautions and closely collaborating with the idf that there was still targeted and it's such an unfortunate event

that happened, and attack actually, i don't want to call it an event. i reporters at the world food programme bring commodities to our warehouses so we are not directly in contact with the idf. we ensure our partners safety that are on the ground, cooking and operating in kitchens. we work closely and monitor their safety concerns daily. we are doing whatever we can and securing our warehouses and securing our warehouses and securing the locations and any possible move or invasion of rafah, we have a plan to move them out safely. jae rafah, we have a plan to move them out safely.— them out safely. joe biden takin: a them out safely. joe biden taking a much _ them out safely. joe biden taking a much harsher- them out safely. joe biden| taking a much harsher tone them out safely. joe biden i taking a much harsher tone with benjamin netanyahu, speaking by phone and pressuring israel to do something about the humanitarian situation in gaza. what did you make of the tougher tone on the white house? ., ., , ., house? the government of israel must respect _ house? the government of israel must respect international- must respect international humanitarian law at the end of the day. it prohibits the

targeting of humanitarian personnel. the rule of aid workers is to alleviate the suffering of the people in crisis and along with the safety of the aid workers, the safety of the aid workers, the safety of the aid workers, the safety of civilians they are feeding. that is huge, israel must comply with international law. there is no doubt behind that. , , , law. there is no doubt behind that. i, that. deputy director with rebuilding _ that. deputy director with rebuilding alliances, i that. deputy director with i rebuilding alliances, operating a couple of dozen food kitchens in gaza along with the world food programme. thank you for joining us. food programme. thank you for joining us— live now to brigadier general mark kimmitt. he's a former us assistant secretary of state for political—military affairs as well as a former deputy assistant secretary of defense for middle east policy. i want to ask about the finding of israel's investigation into this deadly strike on aid workers. what did you make of that and what might it tell us about the idf and the way it is operating this war? it

about the idf and the way it is operating this war?— operating this war? it look like this was _ operating this war? it look like this was a _ operating this war? it look like this was a very - operating this war? it look| like this was a very random incident from what i saw. if you look at the number of attacks happening throughout the entire war, this one incident was quite tragic and clearly was done by human error. i was glad to see the idf did a quick investigation and they pinpointed the error and they pinpointed the error and fired the people involved. a random event and yet not an isolated incident. your hearing up isolated incident. your hearing up to 200 aid workers have been killed during this conflict. well, i cannot talk about that, that can be collateral damage but we are talking about the specific issue of this one attack. this is not unique to gaza, the army have the same experiences in both iraq. it's extremely difficult especially in wartime conditions.- extremely difficult especially in wartime conditions. when you look at the _ in wartime conditions. when you look at the numbers, _ in wartime conditions. when you

look at the numbers, they i in wartime conditions. when you look at the numbers, they are i look at the numbers, they are striking more than 30,000 palestinians, the red crescent societies has 1000 children in gaza have lost one or both of their lakes during this conflict. —— legs. is the idf doing enough to limit casualties?— doing enough to limit casualties? �* , , casualties? it's interesting, i did some _ casualties? it's interesting, i did some research _ casualties? it's interesting, i did some research on - casualties? it's interesting, i did some research on this i casualties? it's interesting, i| did some research on this and talked to some israelis about this as well. if you take a look at the typical ratio between collateral damage, civilian casualties in war and military casualties it's normally in the one to four ratio for civilians killed for every soldier killed. it is one to one in the case of gaza right now. the death of every and any civilian is a tragedy and any civilian is a tragedy and it is an unfortunate situation in wartime. there will never be a clean war, especially when fighting an organisation like hamas that

intentionally uses civilians as human shields in these operations.— human shields in these operations. human shields in these oerations. .,~ ., , operations. speaking of this stron: operations. speaking of this strong warning _ operations. speaking of this strong warning from - operations. speaking of this strong warning from joe i operations. speaking of this i strong warning from joe biden to benjamin netanyahu. what does that mean for potential offensive in the city of rafah. do you think that that invasion will go ahead as benjamin netanyahu insisted it will? from everything we have seen, he will not be affected by what joe biden decides or does not decide. whether it happens it will be the decision of benjamin netanyahu alone and his war cabinet. i appreciate the fact thatjoe biden is sending stern warnings but up to this point it does not appearas to this point it does not appear as though this administration is willing to do anything significant to hold back the type of tactics that are being used by benjamin netanyahu. are being used by ben'amin netanyahufi are being used by ben'amin netan ahu. , ., ., netanyahu. there is a growing chorus now— netanyahu. there is a growing chorus now internationally, i chorus now internationally, several countries, the un we just heard from the first minister of scotland calling to

suspend or end military aid to israel. what might that mean for israel? caroline is on foreign military aid —— how reliant is it and if shepherds were to be cut off how would that affect the war efforts? i5 that affect the war efforts? is an important effort. we send that concern expressed by the united states senate as well that the human rights violations that are being alleged of the israeli government trigger a law that would prevent american support being provided. militarily that has a significant effect, specifically with precision weapons. they are not unlimited and if you are to hold back on precision weapons for the israeli military that would severely follow their ability to run a relatively clean campaign inside rafah and can backfire because they may resort to dumb bombs which can

create more collateral damage that if we provided precision weapons. that if we provided precision weapons-— weapons. interesting stuff. former secretary _ weapons. interesting stuff. former secretary of - weapons. interesting stuff. former secretary of state i weapons. interesting stuff. l former secretary of state for political military affairs and former deputy assistance act of defence we thank you very much for your insights.— as war rages in the middle east — at least one grassroots movement in israel is focused on an end to the conflict. it's called standing together — and it aims to bring jewish and palestinian citizens towards a common goal of peace. i spoke with two of its leaders, rula daood and itamar avneri — and i asked them about how progress can be made. we should be talking about steps. and the first step, the first one right now is to have a ceasefire agreement. we need to save lives right now. thousands are dying. people are starving. also, the hostages are starving. 0ur government, the israeli government looks like it doesn't care about the hostages,

and in what case they are right now. so we need to have that first step. but we also must understand that we do not just want a ceasefire, we do not want anything that is temporary. we need to look for solutions that can give people living in israel and palestine. real safety, real equality. and that can come and happen only by political agreements that can ensure everybody living back home will be equal. palestinian, israeli peace. what would that look like tomorrow, the peace between two sides that have not really seen peace for decades? in our movement will not advocate for one specific solution. because that is not the problem. there are solutions, there are formulas. the problem right now is that even if we change the israeli government, the policy is not going to change. so, we recognise that ourjob, our mission, is to build the political power and political will inside

the israeli society. so we will be able to demand our leadership to achieve a just peace and will accept any kind of agreement as long as you guarantee to all of us on the land, what we all deserve, which is independence injustice, and freedom and safety, and the ability to dream and then plan and then build a future. it's impossible right now for millions of people in israel and palestine. so we're not advocating for one specific solution. but those are the things we demand from our leadership to achieve. rula daood and itamar avneri with the standing together, in the us doing a speaking tour talking with people who are on both sides of that debate. that's all for our special coverage on the israel—hamas war. remember you can stay up to date on the latest developments in gaza by following us on social media, checking out our website bbcnews.com, or the bbc news app.

plenty of coverage and you can download our bbc news app. we will have plenty more on all of the days stories coming up in 30 minutes. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. storm kathleen will dominate our weather through this weekend. a deep area of low pressure passing well to the west of the uk, but close enough to bring gales in northern and western parts. one other consequence though — some very warm air being drawn up from the south. here's how the storm developed during friday. a strong and powerfuljet stream really energising this area of low pressure, this curl of clouds developing here. wherever you see a weather system spinning up into a curl like this, well, it shows that it really will mean business. this deep, low passing

to the west of ireland, lots of isobars squeezing together. so some very strong winds, but also some very warm air. northern scotland, far warmer than it has been over recent days. parts of eastern england could get to 21 or 22 degrees. some rain to start off across the northern half of scotland — heavy rain at that. it will pull away northwards and then essentially it is a sunshine and showers day. some of those showers could be on the heavy side, but it is going to be windy for all, particularly around these western coast. gusts of 50, 60, 70 miles per hour in exposed spots. so that could cause some disruption, certainly some very rough seas as well. but with those winds coming from the south, yes, it is going to be warm with temperatures peaking at 21 or maybe 22 degrees in eastern england. now through saturday evening, this weak cold front will exit the east of england. so that will leave some slightly fresher air into the early hours of sunday morning. still windy, still with quite a few showers. not as mild to start sunday

morning, but still very mild for an april morning. and then into sunday, well, it's another sunshine and showers day. the showers likely to join together into bands. so some places could see quite a few of those heavy and possibly thundery showers. windy again, strongest winds, this time in the north west of scotland. gales or severe gales are likely still warm, but not as warm. temperatures north to south between ten and 16 or 17 degrees. but then as we head into the start of the new week, we're watching this area of low pressure. now, there's still a bit of uncertainty about this, but this could bring another bout of wet and very windy weather to southern parts of the uk as we head through monday and into tuesday. we'll keep you posted on that one. whichever way you slice it, an unsettled week of weather lies ahead. that's all for me. bye for now.

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