The Australian government said on Saturday that it would appoint a special advisor to work with Israel, to ensure “full confidence’ in the investigations into an air strike on the Gaza Strip that killed 7 aid workers, including an Australian. Yesterday, Friday, the Israeli army dismissed two officers and issued a formal reprimand to senior commanders.

A few days ago, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that he spoke with his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, and conveyed to him Australia's anger and concern over Francome's death.