Israel’s ambassador apologised after an Israeli air strike killed a Polish aid worker in Gaza this week, Warsaw has said.
“I handed over a note of protest to the ambassador. The ambassador apologised for this event, which has no precedent in the history of the civilized world,” Andrzej Szejna, Poland’s deputy foreign minister, said during a press conference.
Mr Szejna said disciplinary measures against the soldiers responsible for the botched Israeli strike that killed seven aid workers would not be enough, and he demanded that Poland be involved in an investigation into the incident.
“There should be an investigation under the supervision of the victims’ countries under criminal law into this event, which bears the hallmarks of murder,” he said. Mr Szejna added that the family of Damian Sobol, the Polish World Central Kitchen worker who was killed in the strike, should also be offered compensation.
“The information we received so far [from Israel] is not satisfactory but we see this meeting as a change of tone,” he said.
