‘Deadly failure’: Australia demands Israel take ‘appropriate action’ against those responsible for killing aid workers

Foreign minister Penny Wong said Australia wants ‘clear, practical, action’ from Israel to ‘ensure this tragedy is never repeated’. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The Australian government has demanded Israel take “appropriate action” over its military’s “deadly failure” that killed seven aid workers, including Australian Zomi Frankcom.

The foreign minister, Penny Wong, said she and the deputy prime minister, Richard Marles, wrote to their counterparts in Israel overnight on Friday after a verbal briefing on the initial findings of Israel Defense Forces’ investigation, which Wong said had not yet satisfied the government’s expectations.