Seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen died on Monday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defined the deaths as a “unintentional error” The unfulfilled promises to investigate “exhaustively” into similar cases compromise the credibility of the investigation promised by the Israeli Government, says Peter Bergen.

The unpunished deaths of other civilians question Israel's willingness to clarify the attack on the aid workers, he says. The death of Rachel Corrie, a civilian clearly identified as such, at the hands of the Israeli military demonstrated the "constant impunity" surrounding crimes committed by that country's army against civilians.