Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)
Security Council meets on killing of aid workers
Israel hasn’t done enough to hold its military accountable for killing seven aid workers in Gaza, said the Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, calling it “outrageous” that only two officers were fired and three others reprimanded for the “commission of war crimes.”
Israel’s U.N. ambassador, Gilad Erdan, expressed sorrow for “the tragic mistake” that led to airstrikes on the World Central Kitchen convoy delivering food. However, he insisted, “Not only is Hamas responsible for every casualty in Gaza, they are also responsible for the humanitarian situation in Gaza.”
The exchange came at an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to focus on attacks on humanitarian workers in Gaza and the rising threat of famine. Friday’s meeting came on the eve of the six-month anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on southern Israel that sparked the war.