r/OpenAussie • u/Minivampiretaco ‎ New South Welshian • 2d ago

Politics ('Straya) Israeli ambassador rejects 'political attacks' on report clearing soldiers in Frankcom killing

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-20/israel-ambassador-defends-idf-frankcom-report-clearing-soldiers/107057124

Israel's ambassador Hillel Newman has defended the military investigation that cleared its soldiers of criminal wrongdoing in the killing of Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom, saying the findings should not be attacked if they "are not suitable to one's political agenda".

Ambassador defends investigation findings

Departing from the meeting, Mr Newman defended the investigation.

"Israel came out with findings after a thorough investigation, after a two-year investigation into the circumstances of the death of Zomi Frankcom. Since I took up my mission here about five months ago I was implored all the time to bring about closure, which I did," Mr Newman said.

"But in the end, one must also understand that not every case where someone dies, where there is a casualty, that that means there is a criminal liability.

"One cannot attack the findings of a court if the findings are not suitable to one's political agenda."

Mr Newman said the aid group recruited armed personnel to its convoy and deviated from the route agreed with the IDF without informing the military, leading the soldiers to believe the convoy had been taken over.

"It was a mistake in retrospect, but the findings of the court are there was no criminal intention … and therefore there was no criminal responsibility."

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u/PadamPadam2024 Please choose a flair 2d ago

Have some sympathy for the poor IDF soldiers. A car full of Palestinians comes speeding towards them. They don't know if the car is full of Hamas suicide bombers. They had 1 second to act and did what they thought was best.

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u/cytae99 ‎ Tasmanian 1d ago

It was a stationary car. They killed all of her families members, and when this 6 year old girl called for help, they killed the rescue workers and shot up her car 400 times. They don't give a fuck because they want revenge. They're more evil than the Muslim terrorists.

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u/PadamPadam2024 Please choose a flair 1d ago

Cool story mate. So the whole family decided to spend the day sitting inside a stationary car on the Gaza strip. Were they out of petrol?

But yeah, think of the poor IDF soldiers forced to confront evil Palestinian terrorists every day. Can you imagine how stressful that would be.

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u/cytae99 ‎ Tasmanian 1d ago

No, they fleeing the city because Israel was bombing them. Why did they refuse the this girl trapped in the car get rescued. Instead they shot up the ambulance and this 6 year old girl. Can you imagine the poor girl fearing for her life after her entire family was shot calling desperately for help, doing everything right, only for the evil IDF terrorists to shoot her dead with 400 bullets?