Politics·NewIsrael has concluded its military did not commit a criminal act when it killed a Canadian and six other aid workers in Gaza two years ago.Australia summons Israeli ambassador, Canada yet to respondDylan Robertson · The Canadian Press · Posted: Aug 20, 2026 3:04 PM EDT | Last Updated: 15 minutes agoListen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.A photo of Jacob Flickinger and his 18-month-old son is held up at the Canadian man's funeral in 2024. The veteran and humanitarian aid worker was killed in Israeli airstrikes on a World Central Kitchen convoy. (Sylvain Roy Roussel/CBC)Israel has concluded its military did not commit a criminal act when it killed a Canadian and six other aid workers in Gaza two years ago.The decision prompted outrage in Australia, where the foreign minister summoned the Israeli ambassador, but so far Canada has not reacted to the report that was issued on Wednesday.Israel's military prosecutor said it had decided against a criminal investigation into April 2024 airstrikes in Gaza that hit a convoy of World Central Kitchen vehicles. The strikes killed Jacob Flickinger, a military veteran from Quebec, along with a Palestinian and aid workers from the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States. The aid group, which distributes food in Gaza, said at the time it had co-ordinated with the military over the convoy's movement. The vehicles, which had the group's logo on their roofs visible from the air, were left incinerated and mangled.WATCH | World Central Kitchen founder speaks following airstrike:The war in Gaza must end, says World Central Kitchen founderApril 3, 2024|Duration 1:33Chef José Andrés appeared in an interview with Reuters, imploring the violence in Gaza to come to an end after seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen were killed by an Israeli airstrike. 'This looks like it's not a war against terrorism anymore', said Andrés. 'It seems it’s a war against humanity itself.'Wednesday's military statement said individuals in the vehicles were mistakenly identified as armed Hamas operatives. But it concluded that the commanders' decisions "did not raise reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct." At the time, two officers were removed from their positions and three others reprimanded.World Central Kitchen responded in a statement saying the military's account of the strike was untrue, "conflates different timelines and events, muddies the story and shifts the blame." It called for an independent investigation.Timing 'especially insulting': Australian ministerThe Canadian Press has reached out for comment from Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand, who has not yet made a public statement reacting to the case.The United Kingdom's foreign secretary has also not yet issued a response.Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the removals and reprimands of officers weren't sufficient accountability for the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom."This is despite Israel Defense Forces admissions that the IDF strikes on Zomi and her colleagues' vehicles were the result of serious failures to follow IDF procedures, mistaken identification and errors in decision-making," says a statement from Wong posted on the Australian government website.She said the decision was "especially insulting" because it was announced on World Humanitarian Day.Parents of Quebecer killed in Gaza say Israeli strike was 'targeted killing of aid workers'Israel opens criminal probes over killings of 6-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, Gaza rescue workersIsraeli strikes kill two in Gaza and destroy warehouses storing medicine"I will call in Israel's ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman and have directed Australia's ambassador to Israel to convey our views directly to Israel as the Australian government considers next steps," Wong said.The Israeli military also announced Wednesday it had decided not to take criminal action over the killings of four staffers from Doctors Without Borders in two separate instances in November 2023 and February 2024.Following the deaths of the World Central Kitchen workers in 2024, then prime minister Justin Trudeau called for a probe beyond the Israeli military itself."We need a fully open, transparent, independent and rapid investigation into what happened," he said at an event in Winnipeg.Trudeau also strongly pushed back on a suggestion by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at that time, that collateral deaths are a normal part of war."It shouldn't just happen when you have aid workers for an extraordinary organization like World Central Kitchen, risking their lives every day in an incredibly dangerous place, to deliver food to people who are experiencing a horrific humanitarian catastrophe," Trudeau said.Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East wrote Wednesday that Prime Minister Mark Carney's silence on the findings could "allow Israel to get away with the murder of a Canadian aid worker, with no consequences."With files from CBC News