Q: The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called this a tragic mishap, they’re his words. Will the Albanese government do anything apart from using words to condemn it. Will you take more concrete steps to send a message to Israel? (This is textbook by the way – Israel has a long habit of calling war crimes ‘accidents’.)

Murray Watt:

This is not the first time we’ve seen Netanyahu apologise or accept what he calls innocent mistakes or mishaps. Every time something like this happens, it costs people’s lives. It’s not acceptable. What we’ll do is continue to work with the rest of the international community to demand a ceasefire, to demand hostages be released, and to demand peace in the Middle East and that requires some change from Mr Netanyahu.