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pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. announcer: and now, "bbc news" >> i'm katrina perry in washington and this is bbc world news america. israel's military fires two senior officers involved on monday's deadly strike on an aid convoy in gaza after an internal investigation. israel wilopen more aid routes into gaza after a stern warning from president biden and a moderate earthquake rattles the u.s. northeast shaking buildings from new york to new jersey but causing no major damage. hello and welcome to world news america.

i am katrina perry. today we speak to an aide worker in gaza that says she cheers for her safety after a deadly strike on the world central kitchen conference or -- convoy. and the strongest wake in new york in four decades. how rare is that? in the middle east the israel defense forces fired two senior officers and reprimanded others over monday's airstrikes that killed seven aid workers in gaza. the idf says rave mistakes lead to the attack when it gave its first detailed account of what happened. the idf says the strike should not have happened and expressed deep sorrow for the incident. it says those who approved the start were convinced they were targeting hamas operatives. the attacks were carried out in what it said was a serious violation of standard operating procedures. the idf said the chief of staff, a colonel in reserve, and a

brigade fire commander with the rank of major will both be dismissed from their positions. there is the israel defense force spokesperson speaking earlier. >> the findings show there were a number of armed gunmen that boarded and left some of the vehicles identified over the course of the event. after some of the vehicles split from the others, the forces that were tracking the vehicles going south did so thinking these were hamas be a -- hamas vehicles that hamas gunmen had entered. this operational misidentification and misclassification was the result of internal failures. >> america's top diplomat antony blinken reacted earlier boarding a plane back to washington from brussels. >> it is important israel take full responsibility for the incident. it is important it appears to be

taking steps to hold those responsible accountable. even more important is making sure steps are taken going forward to ensure something like this can never happen again. prime minister netanyahu indicated to president biden that israel would be making further changes to its procedures to make sure that those providing assistance to people that desperately need it in gaza are protected. >> our middle east correspondent lucy williamson filed this report. >> israel says hamas gunmen often pose as aid workers but not this time. it's army today said the killing of seven aid workers in airstrikes 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 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 a gunman at the warehouse earlier. >> it was official confirmation of a gunman and then we conducted shooting from one of the trucks. indeed, when they reached the hangers there were more gunmen identified on the location and it led to the miscalculation, the misidentification, and the failure of what should have happened. >> israel's army says d8 was picked up by truck at 10:00 p.m. and then an armed figure was 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. that is where the three cars from world central kitchen turned back to the coast where they were hit in three separate airstrikes minutes apart. army fired two senior officers that approved the strikes. but world central kitchen 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 not just an incident. this is a series, a pattern of incidents going on for months and months now. we are up to the stage of having 200 humanitarian workers killed. we are operating in an environment of complete impunity. it is a deliberate choice to allow the attacks to continue to happen. >> one former major general pointed out israeli forces have also killed their own

compatriots in gaza. >> was a huge mistake. unfortunately, many many other mistakes were made. for instance, israel killed three hostages that managed to release themselves and were killed by israeli soldiers. no one believed we killed them deliberately. >> the difficulties of getting aid to gaza was already dipping -- deepening riffs with american -- israel's allies. the port of ashdod is more than 30 miles from gaza but for the past six month has remained closed to eta. now this port and the nearby erez crossing point have been prized over by a stinging u.s. demand that the u.s. find new routes to get -- israel find a new routes to get aid into gaza or risk losing american support. israel says it's war is with hamas not because and civilians, that it is fighting one and feeding the other.

aid workers accuse israel of seeing them as targets. and aid as a weapon of war. lucy williamson bb two news -- bbc news ashdod. >> international pressure on israel continues to grow even after the country announced it would enable additional routes to get more aid into gaza. the u.s. secretary general antonio gutierrez renewed his appeal for an immediate cease-fire in gaza after visiting the rafah crossing that shares a border with egypt. he is calling for a release of israeli hostages and unimpeded delivery of aid to the region. the united nations rights office says attacks against aid workers more -- may amount to a war crime and backed a weapon and on israel because of its conduct. germany's foreign minister says there can be no more excuses about letting aid into the strip. let's go to gaza now.

you are in rafah. with the killing of the seven world central kitchen aid workers monday have you had to make any changes to what you are doing there? >> hello. we have given it a lot of thought. to be honest, we were shocked and very saddened by this news. we have had to take stock of our decisions of whether to continue with the calls for a short while, perhaps, move international staff out. as far as we can tell, there is nothing that the world central kitchen team did wrong. they did not miss a step. not anything like that. so, it is one of those things we cannot really look at it and see a particular threat to us. we know we are not particularly safe. that's clear from the 208

workers that have -- 200 aid workers that have died already. we are making the decision not to pause. but, we are feeling quite shocked. >> do you feel nervous? are you scared? >> you know, it is strange to say, but you get used to hearing the constant shelling and airstrikes. but, when something like that happens, as it did with world central kitchen, we do feel a little scared i would say. it brings it back to the reality of where we are. and although international humanitarian law should keep us all safe, should protect us, it is clearly not doing that either for us. or, for the 14,0 chilen who have been killed in the war so far.

>> the idf admitted it did target the vehicles branded with world central kitchen labeling but that is thought there were hamas fighters in there. are you changing how you are operating or any of your procedures? >> no. we are not. we also have branding on our vehicles. we don't have armored vehicles. two of those were armored vehicles. but, we have the branding. we coordinate by putting in our movement plans. that is, a system that is in place. that information is passed to the israeli forces. we hope and trust that they -- that those vehicles moving good bs. -- that those vehicles moving could be us. clearly that is not a given.

>> you and the other aid workers are there to help people in dire situation. there are 2 million or so displaced. many are at risk of starvation. so many children. no school. the israeli government says it will open more aid crossings and increase aid flow in. when do you expect to see that happen? >> that is a complicated question, katrina. it is not only a matter of opening the gates in the north and in those areas. it is a matter of coming up with a system that will allow us to move safely in the north. there is active fighting. in the system we have used to coordinate with israeli forces we have to ask for permission to move in areas where there is active fighting. how that will happen and how quickly permission will be given is something we are not clear on a moment.

the thing is, in the north, we are up to 15 children now have died of malnutrition. we, as well -- we know as well that adults are only eating one meal a day. one meal every two days, sorry. because, they are prioritizing giving food to their children. it is absolutely critical that we are able to get aid in hand this -- in and distributed evenly. we are not really sure how that will work at the moment. we are still waiting to hear about that. >> if you do manage to get the aid in and get permission from the idf to bring it north, will you be able to reverse some of the impacts of mild attrition, the starvation you are describing -- mounted transient -- malnutrition, the starvation

you have been describing there? >> for some of the children and by to be too late because they have been struggling to find food for quite a while now. in the north we have tried to flag this as a huge issue for quite a while. i hope and really trust we will be able to reverse it for some, but i think for some, it might be a little too late. which is heartbreaking. >> indeed it is. karen bd, the gaza response team leader for save the children, thank you for joining us on bbc news. friday president biden said israel is doing what he asked by opening more routes to allow aid into gaza hours after he threatened a shift in policy on the gaza conflict. this comes against the backdrop of president biden's growing frustration over prime minister netanyahu's headland of the war.

i am joined by james jeffrey. thank you for joining us. what we saw happening the last couple days, the biden administration giving an ultimatum. you change our policies -- you change your policies or we will change hours. have has -- what has happened to the relationship between these allies? >> it was a serious split between these two countries in what was in some respects a successful effort to defeat hamas and deter iran and friends in the region from lodging broader war in larger context. so far so good. the israelis for many reasons, some of them deliberate, blocking humanitarian assistance, some of them, the nature of trying to fight an enemy that hasbro did into a civilian area, which is a war crime. the resulting civilian casualties have led to dramatic

humanitarian and political problems between us and israel that they are trying, i think for the first time successfully, to work through. >> we heard antony blinken say israel appears to be taking responsibilities and the steps the u.s. asked it to take. will that go some way to restoring the relationship? >> it well. the problem is inherent but implicit in what we have seen. what the israelis did after defeating hamas in the north of gaza was for their troops out. it is rather -- was pull their troops out. it is like happened when the british went into iraq in 2003. we had discovered governments in the enemy security forces and not replaced them. there is nobody trying to control what is going on there to distribute the aid. the israelis need to rethink this. it is easy for me to say that. because they for -- they face perhaps a bigger war to the northwest lebanon, one of the

reasons they pulled their troops out. until there is governance or control in these regions it will be hard to distribute aid even if there are sufficient flows in. >> getting aid in is one thing but you have to get permission from the idf to bring it to certain areas and we do not see that yet. if there is not a quick resolution here, do you expect further strong words from president biden? >> i think yes. this is necessary, but not sufficient. what you have to do is, you have these aid people not coordinating with someone in jerusalem or in command, but, they coordinate with a battalion or a division sized israeli force who owns area see three of the north and says we will go in by this road, provide an escort. that is what we had to do in iraq and we learned the hard way because we did the same thing and pulled troops out. the israelis having destroyed what amounts to hamas governments, such as it was, has

to replace it with something for all this to work well without further shootings. >> have we any indication that is happening? it seems to be part of the cease fire discussions as well as the concept of the day after. >> sure. they are discussing that. the cease fire -- temporary cease-fire, will give time for more humanitarian aid to move in without people being worried about an israeli drone taking a shot at you because they have misidentified you as a hamas target because you are not supposed to be shooting at hamas even if identified. that is the charm of a temporary cease-fire. i think something like this we will get perhaps if hamas is willing. hamas just turned down the latest offer. if hamas is willing to release some hostages. >> former u.s. ambassador to iraq and turkey james jeffrey you for joining us. >> in the usa rare four point eight magnitude earthquake

rocked the northeast monday in the biggest quake to hit the new york area in 40 years. the quake rattled new york city midmorning taking famous landmarks like the world trade center and the statue of liberty. people felt roebling as far away as kennett -- rumbling as far away as connecticut. here is video from the >> epicenter in lebanon, no jurors -- new jersey. no major damage has been reported. new york officials urged residents to go about their normal day. governor kathy hochul said the state is taking the quake very seriously especially against the backdrop of this week's earthquake in taiwan that killed nine and injured over 1000 people. >> we are taking this extremely seriously and here is why. there is always the possibility of aftershocks on my especially with all the national news about what happened in taiwan with

deadly -- the deadly earthquake this past week. there is a high level of anxiety around earthquakes. that is why we will can take -- continue to take this very seriously and make sure to update all new yorkers. >> are american correspondent is in new york city with more. >> new york is the scene of many a disaster movie but i don't think this story will make a fortune for any hollywood script writer. the interest, excitement, and chatter is all focused on the fact this is a relatively unusual event rather than its impact. a magnitude 4.8 earthquake is much bigger than the infrequent, sometimes largely unnoticed quakes that occasionally hit the eastern side of the united states. this one was centered on the state of new jersey. we are way out west on the other of the hudson river there. although some 50 miles away it was big enough that within

moments the residents of this city were lighting up social media with accounts of buildings shaking and apartments rattling. the key thing is authorities say there have been no reports of major damage. no injuries. although they are warning of the possibility of aftershocks, the real message is there is no need to panic. as always, new york is taking this in stride with a bit of a shrug and lots of talk about it. >> let's talk more about it with a distinguished service professor at the department of earth and environment of sciences at rutgers university. alexander gates about thank you for joining us. this earthquake seems very dramatic. how rare asap is this in new york city, new jersey, that part of the country? >> thank you for having me. we have earthquakes once in a while. it depends on the year.

some years we have had up to 16 earthquakes in a single year and other years we have had none. it depends on the year. >> it feels like most of the time, people don't feel all the earthquakes. i do not think people feel 16 earthquakes a year, are they? >> most earthquakes are rather small. a magnitude of 2-3. the reason this one has caught people's attention is it is a 4.8, the largest earthquake we have ever measured with seismographs in the area. >> are there certain characteristics of the topography of that part of the country that makes earthquakes feel, perhaps, bigger than they feel when they happen on the west coast? >> yes. there are a couple factors. first, the earthquakes in this area tend to be very shallow. the one today was only one kilometer deep.

when an earthquake happens, you build up enough stress that it breaks the rock along the fall. think of it like stacking a pencil. you build up the stress and then you hear the snap. what happens here is they are so close to the surface, sometimes you can hear the earthquake go off. it sounds like an explosion. then, the waves are sharp right close to it and then it fends off as you go away. >> could there be more? after today, might there be more? today, tomorrow, the next day? >> absolutely. i think we have had seven already from what i have seen. there are a lot of aftershocks coming from these that can continue for up to a year after this. they tend to get farther spaced apart and to be smaller. but you will have a lot of aftershocks. just not as bid -- big.

>> fascinating. alexander gates, thank you for joining us on a bbc news. >> thank you. >> now let's turn to news from here and around the world. president biden says a shipping channel will be reopened into the baltimore board by the end of may after a cargo ship crashed into a major bridge causing it to collapse. he made the announcement on a visit to baltimore. president biden urged congress to pay for the bridge reconstruction in full. officials in the russian ural mountains essay thousands are being evacuated after a section of an embankment dam burst. the streets are flooded with people moving around in boats and dinghies. local authorities have set up six evacuation points. a state of emergency was declared in the region earlier after river levels road due to melting ice. police in surgery -- serbia are

searching for the body of a two-year-old girl that tragically died after being struck by a car and left at a landfill. two men are in custody and facing charges of murder. the men claimed they took her bardi -- body to a landfill site, but authorities have yet to locate it. a piece of boxing memorabilia from one of the greatest ever is up for auction, muhammad ali's white satin boxing trunks from his epic thriller in manila with his rival joe frazier. they could sell for up to $6 million. he had that victory in october 1975. the shorts go under the hammer next week. remember, you can find out all about the day's news on our website bbc.com/news. you can see what we are working on at any time by checking us out on your favorite social media platform. that is it for the moment. i am katrina perry. from all the team here, thank

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