US President Joe Biden has condemned Israel’s killing of seven humanitarian aid workers in Gaza.

Saying he was “outraged and heartbroken”, he accused Israel of not doing enough to protect aid workers.

Israel promised an independent investigation after the UK, US, Canada, Australia and Poland lost nationals in Monday’s attack.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has apologised for the deaths.

The seven victims, who were working for World Central Kitchen (WCK), were killed when their convoy was attacked from the air on Monday.

Mr Biden called for Israel’s investigation to be conducted swiftly, and said it “must bring accountability” and its findings be made public.

Distributing aid in Gaza had been “so difficult”, he said, because Israel had “not done enough to protect aid workers trying to deliver desperately needed help to civilians”.

In some of his strongest language since the war began, Mr Biden also accused Israel of not doing enough to protect Palestinian civilians.

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