The Israeli embassy has accused Australia of making misrepresentations and crucial omissions in its response to a report on
A federal government adviser on a humanitarian convoy that killed Frankcom and six other World Central Kitchen workers as they delivered food in Gaza in April.
Former Australian Defence Force chief Mark Binskin found the incident was caused by failures to follow IDF procedures, mistaken identification and decision-making errors exacerbated by confirmation bias.
Israel's embassy in Canberra has taken issue with aspects of Australia's response.
"The Australian government's statement about the report regrettably included some misrepresentations and omitted crucial details," the embassy said in a statement on Monday.
It claimed the federal government had misrepresented the way the report was conducted, the degree of cooperation and openness exhibited by the Israeli Defence Forces and "certain aspects of the tragic incident".
Zomi Frankcom was one of seven World Central Kitchen workers killed in April by an Israeli airstrike. Source: AFP / AFP
The Israeli embassy pointed out that Binskin's report found the IDF strike was "not knowingly or deliberately directed" against World Central Kitchen.
The diplomatic statement extended "deepest condolences" to but did not include an apology.
Israel's defence force had while improving coordination between the IDF and aid organisations, the embassy said.
"We hold the critical humanitarian activity undertaken by international aid organisations in the highest regard," it said.
"We will continue to coordinate and assist in their operations."
On 7 October, Hamas — — attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking more than 200 hostages back to Gaza, according to Israeli authorities.
In the months since, and ground offensive in Gaza that has killed almost 40,000 Palestinians, according to the local health ministry.
Almost 90 per cent of Gazans, while 495,000 are facing catastrophic levels of food insecurity.
