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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaIsrael-Gaza: Inside IDF’s detailed briefing on aid convoy attackPublished25 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, EPABy Jo Floto, Middle East bureau chiefIn JerusalemLate on Thursday night, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) convened a meeting for a group of international journalists at the defence ministry building in Tel Aviv. The IDF then set out for us the results of their initial inquiry into the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza.Retired Maj Gen Yoav Har-Even described how the IDF’s drone operators mistook an aid worker carrying a bag for a gunman, and then targeted one of the World Central Kitchen vehicles with a missile. The IDF then described how two people escaped that vehicle and got into a second car, which was hit by another missile from a drone.The military confirmed that there were survivors from the second explosion, who managed to get into the third vehicle – which was then also hit by a missile. By the end, all the aid workers were dead.The IDF’s investigation concluded that the army unit involved had believed the vehicles they were tracking from the sky had been taken over by Hamas gunmen, and that they were not aware of the coordination procedures put in place between the military and World Central Kitchen for that evening. It also said they also did not know the cars belonged to the charity, and the three air strikes were in violation of the army’s own procedures.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Three of the charity’s cars were struck during the attackThe evidence from the investigation passed to the Military Advocate General – the Israeli army’s top legal authority – to determine if there has been any criminal conduct.In addition, the army has sacked the major in charge of fire support. The brigade’s chief of staff, a colonel, has also been sacked. Both the divisional commander, brigade commander and the general in charge of the IDF’s Southern Command have been formally reprimanded.The IDF sought to explain the context leading up to the fatal events of that evening.The aid workers had been overseeing the distribution of food aid that had arrived on a ship from Cyprus and unloaded at a recently constructed jetty in the northern Gaza strip. Under coordination with the IDF, the World Central Kitchen team were transferring these supplies to a warehouse a few kilometres further south. During this process, the IDF says their drone operators spotted a gunman riding on the roof of a large aid lorry that was being escorted by the WCK team. They played those of us at the briefing a somewhat blurry video – which has not been released to the public – showing a figure holding a gun, on top of the lorry. At one point the gun is fired, showing up clearly on the slowed-down black and white footage. At this stage the military contacts World Central Kitchen but they are in turn unable to reach the team on the ground – where phone communication is patchy and aid agencies say they are prohibited by the IDF from using radios.The drone footage also appears to confirm that at night, the stickers on the roof of the World Central Kitchen vehicles, with the charity’s logo, are not visible to the drone operator. This video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: US says Israel must make changes in the coming “hours and days”The military then tracks the convoy, including the aid lorry, to a warehouse. Then the convoy splits, with the aid lorry remains in the warehouse, and four SUV-type cars emerge. One of those vehicles heads north, and is then shown to contain gunmen, with weapons clearly visible from the drone footage, as they emerge next to another aid warehouse. The IDF say that these gunmen were not targeted, because of their proximity to an aid facility.Meanwhile, three remaining vehicles belonging to World Central Kitchen begin to head south.The drone team, the army says, now working under the assumption that they are dealing with Hamas militants and not an aid convoy, had misidentified one of the aid workers as a gunman, and claimed to have seen them enter one of the three WCK cars.No footage of this moment was provided, but the military investigation concluded that it was a “misclassification… they saw that it’s a rifle but at the end of the day it was a bag”.Under the mistaken belief that one vehicle now contained a gunman, authorisation to fire a missile is sought, and granted by superior officers. At 23:09 the first vehicle is struck, two minutes later the second, and at 23:13 the third final, fatal strike is launched.The military’s conclusions are that three major failings occurred:The first is that the coordination plan agreed between the WCK and the IDF was not distributed down to operational levelThe second is that a suspicion that an armed man had entered one of the vehicles, was not enough to justify identifying it as a targetThe third failing was to continue firing after the first missile had struck the first carRelated TopicsMiddle EastIsrael-Gaza warIsraelMore on this storyWhere does Israel get its weapons?Published2 hours agoIsrael military sacks senior officers after aid workers killed in GazaPublished7 hours agoAid worker’s family criticises selling Israel armsPublished12 hours agoTop StoriesLive. 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaGaza evacuation warnings from IDF contain many errors, BBC findsPublished53 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, Getty Images/AnadoluImage caption, Two men and two boys on a street in Gaza look at a leaflet containing an IDF evacuation warningBy Stephanie Hegarty & Ahmed NourBBC World Service & BBC ArabicEvacuation warnings issued by Israel to people in Gaza ahead of attacks have contained a host of significant errors, BBC analysis has revealed.Warnings contained contradictory information and sometimes misnamed districts. This made them confusing. Experts say such mistakes could violate Israel’s obligations under international law.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has rejected any assertion the warnings were confusing or contradictory.In a statement, it said the alerts analysed by the BBC were only one element of its “extensive efforts to encourage the evacuation [of] civilians out of harm’s way”. International humanitarian law requires attacking forces to give effective advance warning of attacks which may affect the civilian population, unless circumstances do not permit.Israel says its warning system is designed to help civilians flee danger as it continues its war against Hamas. The system divides a map of Gaza into hundreds of numbered blocks.Israel has produced an interactive online map of the blocks that geo-locates users, showing their live location and which block number they are in.This IDF post from late January shows a social media post on X with a link through via QR code to the master block map.But people we spoke to have described struggling to get online to access the system, as well as finding the block system difficult to understand, notwithstanding the errors.The BBC analysed the IDF’s Arabic language social media channels on Facebook, X and Telegram, where we found hundreds of posts containing warnings. The same warnings were often posted repeatedly. We also searched for leafleted warnings which had been photographed and shared online. The IDF says it has dropped 16 million such leaflets over Gaza.We have focused our analysis on warnings issued since 1 December, which is when the IDF launched its block system as a way of providing more precise instructions than previously, after coming under international pressure. We grouped all of the IDF’s posts and leaflets that we found after this date into 26 separate warnings. The vast majority made reference to the master block system.The IDF told the BBC it also warned of impending attacks through pre-recorded phone messages and live phone calls. Due to damage to Gaza’s phone network we have not been able to compile data on these phone calls. And our analysis of leaflets was limited to those we could find photographed and shared online.The 26 separate warnings we found contained specific information from the IDF that people could use to escape areas of danger. But 17 of them also contained errors and inconsistencies.These included:Twelve warnings in which blocks or neighbourhoods were listed in the text of the post but not highlighted on the accompanying map Nine in which areas were highlighted on the map but not listed in the accompanying textTen warnings in which the evacuation zone shaded on the map cut blocks in two, potentially causing confusionSeven in which arrows on the map that were supposed to point to areas of “safety” actually pointed to areas also under evacuationIn addition, one warning listed neighbourhoods as being in one district when they were actually in another. Another mixed up the block numbers of two neighbourhoods. And in a third, some blocks listed in the text were on the opposite side of Gaza to those highlighted on the accompanying map.When we put these errors to the IDF, it did not respond to the issues we raised with the maps specifically but said the text of posts had been sufficiently clear. It also said that when arrows were used to direct people to safety, “it is obvious that the arrows point to a general direction” and reiterated that the key information had been provided in the text.These inaccuracies and errors may violate Israel’s obligation under international law to provide “effective advanced warnings”, says Janina Dill, co-director of the Oxford Institute of Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict.If the majority of warnings contain errors or are unclear to the point that civilians can’t understand them then, she says, “these warnings do not fulfil the proper function they have under international humanitarian law”. This, adds Kubo Macak professor of international law at the University of Exeter, undermines their function to give “civilians the chance to protect themselves”.’Big argument’In December, Saleh, a tech entrepreneur from Gaza City, was sheltering with his children and his in-laws in Nuseirat in central Gaza – where, he says, there was no electricity or phone signal and long periods of internet outage.He saw people killed and others fleeing from a nearby school as it was being shelled, but says he had not received any IDF evacuation details.Eventually, he found someone with a Sim card that allowed him to access data networks in Egypt and Israel and came across an evacuation warning on an Israeli government Facebook page.”There was an evacuation order for several residential blocks – [but] we didn’t know which block we lived in. This led to a big argument,” Salah says.Salah could only access the internet intermittently, but he messaged his wife Amani, who has been in the UK since just before the war. She was able to go online and access the IDF’s master block map and pinpoint where her husband was. But then, looking back at the specific evacuation warning on Facebook, the couple realised the numbered block where Salah was staying was shown cut in two – adding to the family’s confusion.Eventually, Salah decided to leave with the children. But some of his family stayed put – until fighting escalated further.When the BBC analysed the Facebook evacuation warning Salah had been trying to decipher, we found further points of confusion. In text, the post urged people to leave blocks 2220, 2221, 2222, 2223, 2224 and 2225 – all blocks that appear in the IDF’s online master map.But in the accompanying map, the six numbered blocks had been lumped into one, and mislabelled as block 2220.Despite these inconsistencies, Israel presented its block warning system at the International Court of Justice in January as part of its defence against allegations by South Africa that it is committing genocide. Israel’s lawyers argued that it was doing its utmost to protect civilians and had “developed a detailed map so that specific areas can be temporarily evacuated, instead of evacuating entire areas”. They presented one social media warning in court as evidence – but the BBC has found two errors in it.Block 55 and 99 were listed in the text of the post from 13 December but they were not shaded on the map. The IDF told the BBC that when a block number is explicitly mentioned in text, the warning is sufficiently clear.Israel’s lawyers also claimed that the IDF, via its Arabic Twitter account, was providing information on the location of shelters close to areas being evacuated. But in all of the posts and leaflets we analysed we did not see any warning providing names or exact locations of shelters.BBC analysis has also found the IDF’s block system overall was used inconsistently. Nine of the 26 warnings listed a mix of block numbers and neighbourhood names. Another nine didn’t mention block numbers at all. Despite linking through to the online master map, they instead listed neighbourhoods by name – which often sprawled over many numbered blocks.The BBC could not find a way to determine the exact blocks of these neighbourhoods.The Abdu family, which includes 32 people, also fled Gaza City to central Gaza early in the war. Then, in December, they received a warning leaflet dropped from a plane.Messages on the family Whatsapp group, which the BBC has seen, chart their confusion as they argued for two days over what the leaflet meant. It contained a list of neighbourhoods to evacuate, but the family couldn’t locate most of these places.The warning asked people to leave “Al-Bureij Camp and the neighbourhoods of Badr, the North Coast, al-Nuzha, al-Zahra, al-Buraq, al-Rawda, and al-Safa in the areas south of Wadi Gaza.”We located an al-Zahra and a Badr close by, but they are north of the Wadi Gaza riverbed. We could not find the neighbourhoods of al-Rawda or al-Nuzha in the “areas south of Wadi Gaza”.The Abdu family struggled to decide what to do. Should they stay and risk getting caught up in a fierce ground battle – or leave, and abandon the only shelter they might find?Some followed the warning to go to “shelters in Deir al-Balah”. But when they arrived they felt unsafe and decided to return. If they were going to die they would die together, they told us.Satellite data on destruction in Gaza – analysed by Jamon Van Den Hoek at Oregon State University and Corey Scher of City University New York Graduate Center – shows that the area of Deir al-Balah that the family fled to came under more intense attack during this period than the area that they had left. The IDF told us it had cross-checked “data regarding civilian presence and movement that followed these warnings” and that many people did receive and follow them.It said that warnings had “saved countless civilian lives in the Gaza Strip”.Related TopicsIsrael-Gaza warIsraelMore on this storyBBC verifies attacks in Gaza ‘safe’ areasPublished1 November 2023Top StoriesIsrael says it will open new aid routes into GazaPublished50 minutes agoErrors in IDF Gaza evacuation warnings, BBC findsPublished53 minutes agoTory tells paper he shared MP numbers with dating app contactPublished3 hours agoFeatures’The walls were crumbling’ – escaping Taiwan’s earthquakeThe Papers: MPs’ honeytrap and Biden’s ‘strongest rebuke yet’Detective’s promise to murdered PC’s husbandWeekly quiz: Which of Marilyn’s belongings went under the hammer?Train strikes: How will you be affected?Two brothers, one club and a 40-year waitAttributionSportHow much will the 2p National Insurance cut save me?No Labels won’t challenge Trump and BidenIs H from Steps really getting a statue? 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![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityBusinessMarket DataEconomyYour MoneyCompaniesTechnology of BusinessCEO SecretsArtificial IntelligenceMcDonald’s to buy back all its Israeli restaurantsPublished3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Canada is among countries that saw protests against the chainBy Jemma DempseyBBC NewsFast food giant McDonald’s is to buy back all its Israeli restaurants following a boycott of the brand in response to the Israel-Hamas war. The company said it had reached an agreement with franchisee Alonyal for the return of 225 outlets across the country employing 5,000 people.McDonald’s was criticised after Alonyal started giving away thousands of free meals to Israeli soldiers.Sales in the region have slumped since the conflict began in October.On Thursday, McDonald’s said a deal had been signed with Alonyal which has been running the chain of Golden Arches in Israel for more than 30 years.The US company said the restaurants, operations and employees would be retained “on equivalent terms” and that it remained “committed to the Israeli market”. Terms of the sale were not revealed. The boycott was sparked after Muslim-majority countries such as Kuwait, Malaysia and Pakistan issued statements distancing themselves from the firm for its perceived support of Israel. Vocal protests were staged world-wide as the grassroots boycott spread beyond the Middle East. In January the global food chain admitted the conflict had “meaningfully impacted” its performance with business in France, Indonesia and Malaysia suffering, although its trade in the Middle East was worst affected.Chief executive Chris Kempczinski blamed the backlash on “misinformation” but it hit the bottom line nonetheless and the company missed its first quarterly sales target in nearly four years. McDonald’s hit by Israel-Gaza ‘misinformation’McDonald’s sales dented by Israel-Gaza boycottsThe boycott was described as “disheartening and ill-founded” by McDonald’s. The company relies on thousands of independent businesses to own and operate most of its more than 40,000 stores around the world. About 5% are located in the Middle East. “In every country where we operate, including in Muslim countries, McDonald’s is proudly represented by local owner operators,” Mr Kempczinski said at the time. “So long as this war is going on… we’re not expecting to see any significant improvement [in these markets],” the McDonald’s boss added.The company will be hoping that by taking the Israeli business back “in house” it can restore its reputation in the Middle East and meet its key sales targets once more. Much of the Gaza Strip has been devastated during the Israeli military operations that began after Hamas-led gunmen attacked southern Israel on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and seizing 253 hostages.About 130 of the hostages remain in captivity, at least 34 of whom are presumed dead.More than 33,000 people have been killed in Gaza since then, the territory’s Hamas-run health ministry says.Related TopicsIsrael-Gaza warIsraelMcDonald’sMore on this storyMcDonald’s sales dented by Israel-Gaza boycottsPublished5 FebruaryMcDonald’s hit by Israel-Gaza ‘misinformation’Published4 JanuaryTop StoriesIsrael says it will open new aid routes into GazaPublished1 hour agoGaza charity worker’s death was a crime, say parentsPublished3 hours agoTory tells paper he shared MP numbers with dating app contactPublished3 minutes agoFeatures’The walls were crumbling’ – escaping Taiwan’s earthquakeThe Papers: MPs’ honeytrap and Biden’s ‘strongest rebuke yet’Detective’s promise to murdered PC’s husbandWeekly quiz: Which of Marilyn’s belongings went under the hammer?Train strikes: How will you be affected?Two brothers, one club and a 40-year waitAttributionSportHow much will the 2p National Insurance cut save me?No Labels won’t challenge Trump and BidenWhen is the solar eclipse and how can I watch it?Elsewhere on the BBCIs mushroom coffee better for you than a regular brew?Greg Foot speaks to a fungi expert to find out what the potential benefits areAttributionSoundsOne of the most talented bands to never make it…Why did trailblazers Microdisney fail to achieve the commercial success they deserved?AttributioniPlayerFrom Eurovision to conquering the worldABBA’s current manager, Görel Hanser, looks back at the group’s meteoric rise to stardomAttributionSoundsRobin Williams: from iconic shots to private snapsTen defining pictures throw a unique lens onto an extraordinary lifeAttributioniPlayerMost Read1McDonald’s to buy back all its Israeli restaurants2Tory admits giving MP numbers to dating app contact – report3MPs’ honeytrap and Biden’s ‘strongest rebuke yet’4Gaza charity worker’s death was a crime, say parents5Arsenal star would fight in Ukraine if called up6New cause of asthma damage revealed7National insurance cut to kick in but more pay tax8Israel says it will open new aid routes into Gaza9Chelsea stun Man Utd with latest ever Premier League turnaroundAttributionSport10Artistic fantasy world gets listed status](https://newsinsightplus.com/wp-content/uploads/https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/4926/production/_132562781_2e9rynx.jpg)
![BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaJacob Flickinger: Parents condemn son’s death in Gaza as a ‘crime’Published1 hour agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Family of aid worker killed in Gaza: ‘He had a desire to serve others’By Tom Bateman & Madeline HalpertBBC News, Washington DCJacob Flickinger was a “loyal and devoted” aid worker and family man who was “chased down” and killed by Israel while trying to help those in need, his parents have told the BBC. Mr Flickinger, 33, a US-Canadian, was one of seven people killed in a strike on a World Central Kitchen convoy.Israel’s military apologised and called the attack a tragic mistake. It has promised a full investigation. His parents however said that his death was a “crime” and rejected the apology.John Flickinger and Sylvia Labrecque said there was a “hole in their hearts”, and that Jacob’s wife Sandy and 18-month old son Jasper were bereft without a husband and father.Speaking from Quebec, they said he and the other workers were killed while travelling on a road designated by Israel as a safe humanitarian route. Mr Flickinger said the charity had reported 24 hours in advance that their convoy would dropping food at a warehouse, and stayed in touch with the Israel Defense Forces throughout the process, But still Israel attacked and “they continued firing until all the workers were dead,” he said. “Israel owes the families and the world an explanation.”Image source, WCK.org/PAImage caption, Mr Flickinger’s father described him as a “the best, most loyal friend you could ask for”His mother, Ms Labrecque, said that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s description of the attack as a “tragic accident” was – in her view – “a joke”.”He was such a good human being,” she said of her son. “He was extremely devoted to his work and his family.”Jacob, who had previously served 11 years in the armed forces, went to Gaza in March out of a desire to help others, his family said.”His life has been about service,” said Mr Flickinger, adding that even despite this, he was worried about his son travelling through a war zone as dangerous as Gaza. “But [Jacob] felt the World Central Kitchen knew what they were doing there,” he said, and his son “knew that people were starving out there”.His parents called on the US to stop sending military aid to Israel while the country was using “food as a weapon” – a reference to the lack of aid getting into Gaza. “The US has great leverage over Israel,” Mr Flickinger said. Jacob’s parents also called for a ceasefire, a return of all Israeli hostages held by Hamas and for more aid to war-torn Gaza. Mr Flickinger also said he wanted the US government to launch an independent investigation into the killings of humanitarian workers, as well as for Israel to pay reparations to relatives who have lost loved ones in Gaza.”Justice can start there, but most critically, end this insanity,” he said.Image source, World Central KitchenImage caption, WCK released pictures of the victims”I grew up without having a father,” Mr Flickinger said. “Now my grandson will grow up without having his father.”Ms Labrecque said she hoped their grandson, Jasper, would serve as a reminder of their son’s life and goodness. “It’s going to be a day-to-day job, to heal from that loss,” she said. “But Jasper will be a very good inspiration for us to stay strong.”Mr Flickinger said that he had spoken to the Canadian government, but had not heard from the White House. 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