Israeli military clears soldiers over Gaza strike that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has cleared its personnel of any criminal wrongdoing in the April 2024 strike on a World Central Kitchen (WCK) convoy in Gaza, where Australian woman Zomi Frankcom was killed.

The IDF said it had concluded there were serious failures that led soldiers to falsely identify a Hamas fighter was travelling in the convoy, which prompted an attack that killed seven humanitarian workers.

But "the decisions of the commanders did not raise reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct," it said.

The IDF released details of five major investigations all at once on Wednesday afternoon, Israel time.

The military said it would launch a criminal investigation into the January 2024 killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab, whose case sparked worldwide outrage.

She was trapped in the wreckage of her family's car for hours, along with the bodies of five family members, and had desperately called for help.

The IDF also said it had recommended a criminal investigation into an attack by the military on a convoy of Palestinian paramedics in Tel al-Sultan in March 20-25, in which 15 people were killed.

The wreckage of the ambulances the group was travelling in, along with the remains of those killed, was buried by soldiers in a shallow mass grave.

Two investigations into the killing of Médecins Sans Frontières staff in February 2024 and November 2023 also cleared personnel of criminal wrongdoing.