The Israeli military has vowed to hold an investigation into an air strike that killed seven aid workers in Gaza, saying they would “share our findings transparently”, AFP reports.

“We will be opening a probe to examine this serious incident further. This will help us reduce the risk of such an event from occurring again,” military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said in a video statement.

He said he had expressed the military’s “deepest condolences” to celebrity chef Jose Andres, the founder of the US-based World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid group that the victims were working for. Hagari said the probe would be carried out by the Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism.

“We will get to the bottom of this and we will share our findings transparently,” Hagari added.

WCK was one of the first NGOs that “came to help Israelis after the massacre of October 7”, Hagari said, adding that the army had been working closely with them in “their noble mission of helping bring food and humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza”.

WCK said it was pausing operations after the “targeted Israeli strike” on Monday.