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The attack on a relief convoy, an assassination on diplomatic premises and a devastating hospital raid show Israel does not heed allies or criticsEven by the standards of a conflict that has killed almost 33,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and created the entirely human-made famine taking hold in Gaza, Israel has crossed multiple lines in just a couple of days. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/gaza-aid-convoy-strike-what-happened-and-who-were-the-victims">killed seven foreign aid workers</a>, including a dual US/Canadian citizen, three Britons as well as team members from Poland and Australia, and their Palestinian driver, as they attempted to meet some portion of the desperate need. Gaza’s chief hospital, al-Shifa, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/01/israeli-forces-withdraw-from-gaza-al-shifa-hospital-after-two-week-raid">lies in ruins</a> after a two-week IDF raid. Israel says no civilians died there; the World Health Organization disagrees. And it has killed the Revolutionary Guards Corps commander Mohammad Reza Zahedi and his deputy <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/iran-response-israeli-strike-damascus-consulate">at an Iranian diplomatic mission</a> in Syria – reviving fears of a wider regional conflagration, and setting a dangerous precedent in targeting diplomatic premises.Israel and its armed forces boast of following international law. A senior Tory <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/30/uk-government-lawyers-say-israel-is-breaking-international-law-claims-top-tory-in-leaked-recording">has said</a> that British government lawyers believe Israel has broken it. The former Israeli president Reuven Rivlin has <a href="https://twitter.com/patrickwintour/status/1775090141100401139">warned</a> that it is “one step away from international ostracism”. While the rhetoric of Israel’s allies has been slowly hardening, and their diplomatic position shifting, polls suggest that the public mood is moving faster. The World Central Kitchen workers were in <a href="https://wck.org/news/gaza-team-update">clearly marked cars</a>, in a “deconflicted” zone, heading away from an aid warehouse, having coordinated movements with the IDF. The convoy was struck not once but <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-02/ty-article/.premium/idf-bombed-wck-aid-convoy-3-times-targeting-armed-hamas-member-who-wasnt-there/0000018e-9e75-d764-adff-9eff29360000">three times</a>, killing the fleeing survivors.Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/letters">letters</a> section, please <a href="mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com?body=Please%20include%20your%20name,%20full%20postal%20address%20and%20phone%20number%20underneath%20your%20letter.%20Letters%20are%20usually%20published%20with%20the%20author’s%20name%20and%20city/town/village.%20The%20rest%20of%20the%20information%20is%20for%20verification%20only%20and%20to%20contact%20you%20if%20your%20letter%20is%20used.">click here</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/02/the-guardian-view-on-the-idfs-killing-of-aid-workers-a-grim-milestone-in-gaza">Continue reading...</a>

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published: 2024-04-02 17:50:32.000000000 Z
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title: 'The Guardian view on the IDF’s killing of aid workers: a grim milestone in
 Gaza | Editorial'
categories:
- Israel
- Gaza
- Benjamin Netanyahu
- Palestinian territories
- World news
- United Nations
summary: The attack on a relief convoy, an assassination on diplomatic premises
 and a devastating hospital raid show Israel does not heed allies or criticsEven
 by the standards of a conflict that has killed almost 33,000 Palestinians, mostly
 women and children, and created the entirely human-made famine taking hold in Gaza,
 Israel has crossed multiple lines in just a couple of days. The Israel Defense Forces
 (IDF) <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/gaza-aid-convoy-strike-what-happened-and-who-were-the-victims">killed
 seven foreign aid workers</a>, including a dual US/Canadian citizen, three Britons
 as well as team members from Poland and Australia, and their Palestinian driver,
 as they attempted to meet some portion of the desperate need. Gaza’s chief hospital,
 al-Shifa, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/01/israeli-forces-withdraw-from-gaza-al-shifa-hospital-after-two-week-raid">lies
 in ruins</a> after a two-week IDF raid. Israel says no civilians died there; the
 World Health Organization disagrees. And it has killed the Revolutionary Guards
 Corps commander Mohammad Reza Zahedi and his deputy <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/02/iran-response-israeli-strike-damascus-consulate">at
 an Iranian diplomatic mission</a> in Syria – reviving fears of a wider regional
 conflagration, and setting a dangerous precedent in targeting diplomatic premises.Israel
 and its armed forces boast of following international law. A senior Tory <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/30/uk-government-lawyers-say-israel-is-breaking-international-law-claims-top-tory-in-leaked-recording">has
 said</a> that British government lawyers believe Israel has broken it. The former
 Israeli president Reuven Rivlin has <a href="https://twitter.com/patrickwintour/status/1775090141100401139">warned</a>
 that it is “one step away from international ostracism”. While the rhetoric of Israel’s
 allies has been slowly hardening, and their diplomatic position shifting, polls
 suggest that the public mood is moving faster. The World Central Kitchen workers
 were in <a href="https://wck.org/news/gaza-team-update">clearly marked cars</a>,
 in a “deconflicted” zone, heading away from an aid warehouse, having coordinated
 movements with the IDF. The convoy was struck not once but <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-02/ty-article/.premium/idf-bombed-wck-aid-convoy-3-times-targeting-armed-hamas-member-who-wasnt-there/0000018e-9e75-d764-adff-9eff29360000">three
 times</a>, killing the fleeing survivors.Do you have an opinion
 on the issues raised in this article? If you would like to submit a response of
 up to 300 words by email to be considered for publication in our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/letters">letters</a>
 section, please <a href="mailto:guardian.letters@theguardian.com?body=Please%20include%20your%20name,%20full%20postal%20address%20and%20phone%20number%20underneath%20your%20letter.%20Letters%20are%20usually%20published%20with%20the%20author’s%20name%20and%20city/town/village.%20The%20rest%20of%20the%20information%20is%20for%20verification%20only%20and%20to%20contact%20you%20if%20your%20letter%20is%20used.">click
 here</a>. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/02/the-guardian-view-on-the-idfs-killing-of-aid-workers-a-grim-milestone-in-gaza">Continue
 reading...</a>
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