A mission of mercy, then a fatal mistake: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel's target (apnews.com)

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The path to the April 1 attack started months ago, as aid groups desperately looked for ways to feed millions cut off from regular food deliveries. Gaza was sealed off by Israeli forces within hours of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas militants that ignited the war. Since then, more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 80% of the enclave’s 2.3 million people displaced.

On March 30, three ships and a barge left Cyprus carrying enough rice, pasta, flour, canned vegetables, and other supplies to prepare more than 1 million meals, the group said.

The team had established a “deconfliction” plan ahead of time with Israeli forces, so the military would know when they would travel and what route they would take.

Many relief workers have expressed concerns about the deconfliction system.

“It hasn’t been working well,” said Chris Skopec, a Washington-based official with the aid group Project Hope, citing poor communication and coordination. “And when it doesn’t work well, people die.”

Planning messages sent by World Central Kitchen had made clear that the aid workers would not remain with the trucks but would travel on by car.

But Israeli officials say the soldiers monitoring the convoy had not read the messages. Then, an Israeli officer believed he saw someone step into a World Central Kitchen vehicle with a gun.

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[-] Ludz@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 months ago

Rule nb 5 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Basic_Principles_of_War_Propaganda

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The enemy is purposefully committing atrocities; if we are making mistakes this happens without intention

dunno. it seems 196 aid workers dead is a lot more like a pattern than a "mistake". particularly if you assume that the aid workers are actively broadcasting their location to the IDF in "deconfliction" like the WKC people absolutely were.

It's hard to imagine that any single "oopsie" happens twice. never mind... however many times that was. Couple that with bombing aid camps and depots... and actively blocking aid coming into Gaza....

Either it's intentional, or the people in command are about as intelligent as rocks, and everybody else are utterly incompetent.

[-] Ludz@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

This monograph was never translated in English. Taking a look at the original word "bavure", a better (not the best) translation could be "blunder".

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