David Cameron calls for urgent probe into deaths of 117 Palestinians killed waiting for aid convoy
FOREIGN Secretary David Cameron has called for an urgent probe into the deaths of 117 Palestinians killed waiting for an aid convoy.
Hundreds more were injured as they crowded around lorries with supplies in Gaza.
Hamas said Israel fired at civilians. The IDF said most died in a crush after it fired warning shots.
Ex-PM Lord Cameron said last night: “There must be an urgent investigation and accountability.
“This must not happen again.
“A sustained pause in fighting is the only way to get lifesaving aid in at the scale needed.”
It came as US President Joe Biden said America will start air-dropping aid into Gaza “in the coming days”.
France, Italy and Germany yesterday joined the UN and the European Union’s foreign policy chief in demanding an investigation.
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting into the tragedy.
UN Secretary General António Guterres said “desperate civilians” need urgent help. The UN has not been able to deliver aid to the north of the Gaza Strip in a week.
French President Emmanuel Macron said civilians had been “targeted by Israeli soldiers”, while EU foreign policy chief, Josep Borell, slammed the “totally unacceptable carnage”.