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Israeli military states hamas submarines where using the trawler's wake to pass through the blockade. After repeated calls for the trawler to stop, hamas submarines fired torpedos and hit the trawler. Due to the proximity of the submarines to the trawler, the submarines where also destroyed. One of the errant hamas torpedoes hit a hospital in northern Gaza. There were no survivors.
The results of a thorough and very transparent investigation of a very tragic situation
The official statement of the Biden administration is "we expect our partners in Israel to conduct a full and thorough investigation and will not comment on the matter further until Israel has told us what to think."
In the mean time UK and Germany have agreed to send more torpedoes so that Israel can protect its naval borders from further incursions