Protests after Israel says it mistakenly killed three hostages

While intense fighting continues across the Gaza Strip, three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza were killed by the Israeli military after being “mistakenly identified as a threat." The Israel Defense Forces expressed its deep remorse over the incident, which is now under investigation, and sent the families of those killed its condolences.

Also in the programme: we assess the political debate in the United States after Ukraine president's visit to Washington this week to plead for the resumption of military aid to counter the Russian invasion; and we speak to Sierra Leone's agriculture and food minister who is leading a group to transform global food systems.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss this and more are Leslie Vinjamuri, director of the US and the Americas programme at the Chatham House think tank, and Steven Pemberton, an author, internet pioneer and researcher at the CWI, the Dutch National Research Centre for Mathematics and Informatics in Amsterdam.

(Credit: People light candles in Israel's capital Tel Aviv as they protest following an announcement by Israel's military that they had mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages being held in Gaza by Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Violeta Santos Moura/REUTERS)