Overview

• Three British aid workers, including Jim Henderson, John Chapman, and James Kirby, were killed by an Israeli drone strike on a marked humanitarian convoy in Gaza on April 1, 2024.
• The IDF admitted the strike was a mistake, citing misidentification of the convoy as being taken over by Hamas gunmen, and dismissed two officers while reprimanding two senior commanders.
• The families of the victims have criticized the IDF's internal investigation as a 'whitewash' and are now considering legal action to seek accountability for the deaths.
• The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed it possesses video footage of the incident but has refused to release it, citing national security concerns, further frustrating the victims' families.
• The World Central Kitchen, which managed the convoy, paused its operations in Gaza following the strike, underscoring broader concerns about humanitarian worker safety in conflict zones.