Israeli commander in fatal strike on aid workers a settler who wanted to block humanitarian supplies into Gaza [Video]

Michael Mansfield, KC, head of Nexus Chambers and one of Britain’s leading barristers, said the letter should “absolutely” be considered by those investigating the incident.

“The document is plainly relevant to a particular state of mind,” said Mansfield. “In other words it is not indicating that the target of the Israeli army is primarily Hamas but Gaza as a whole by weaponising aid under siege conditions.

“Those who will inevitably suffer and run the risk of death as a result are bound to be non-combatant civilians, medics, women, children, the injured and those who are responsible for bringing aid as with the seven killed.”

Another senior British legal figure, who asked not to be named, said that while the letter may show “animus”, it was not, in their view, relevant to the question of establishing motives for last week’s drone strike.

Although the IDF has concluded its probe, a judicial …