Israel is conducting a "thorough and transparent examination" into the strikes that killed a group of World Central Kitchen aid workers this week, a spokesperson from the minister's office said.

"In the coming weeks as the findings become clear we will be transparent and share the results with the public," Raquela Karamson said during a briefing today, implying the investigation may take time.

A preliminary inquiry found that the Israeli military struck the convoy due to a "misidentification" at night. World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés pushed back against the Israeli explanation yesterday, noting that their convoys were clearly marked and their movements were in coordination with the military.

The prime ministers of Spain and Australia have also said in the last day that the current explanation is not good enough.

WASHINGTON — Today's call between Biden and Netanyahu was scheduled after the Israeli strikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza, a U.S. official told NBC News. It will be the first time the two leaders have spoken since the incident.

Biden is “very angry” about the strike, the official said. A separate U.S. official says the president intends to convey that anger to Netanyahu during their call today.

The first official says the president’s anger is “indicative of the broader problem of how the Israelis are conducting their operations” for, as this official notes “either not passing on to their military the deconfliction details from World Central Kitchen (regarding its aid workers) or they’re being received and ignored.”

Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to join today’s call as well — likely from the road as she is traveling to North Carolina today.

TEL AVIV — Israeli authorities said this morning they had thwarted planned terror attacks on a number of targets, including a plan to assassinate a prominent right-wing minister.

"In recent months, the Shin Bet, the IDF, and the Israel Police have arrested a large number of suspects from Israel and the West Bank, including seven residents of the Negev and central Israel," the internal security agency Shin Bet said.

"Among other things, they intended to carry out an attack against IDF bases and secured facilities, including Ben Gurion Airport and the Government Center in Jerusalem," the statement said. "There was even an intention to assassinate the Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir, by obtaining an RPG missile in order to carry out the attack. There were also plans to kidnap IDF soldiers."

The plan was in its early stages and 10 suspects have now had indictments filed against them in court, the statement said.

Ben-Gvir thanked “all the security forces and everyone who participated in the arrest, investigation and prosecution of those who planned to assassinate me with an RPG,” a spokesperson said.

The U.S. military has said that its forces shot down two drones and an anti-ship ballistic missile that were launched by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.

The USS Gravely destroyer, which is patrolling the Red Sea, was the target of the attack, U.S. Central Command said this morning.

It is the latest attempted attack by the Houthis targeting international shipping and American forces in the area, and comes amid fears of escalation across the region after Iran blamed Israel for a strike on its consulate in Syria that killed a number of high-ranking commanders.

TEL AVIV – Biden is set to hold a critical phone call with Israel’s prime minister after the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed seven aid workers. Chef José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, is accusing Israel of systematically targeting the group. 

More than 250 Holocaust survivors have joined an international initiative to share their stories of loss and survival with students around the world during a a time of rising antisemitism following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip.

The Survivor Speakers Bureau was launched today by the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also referred to as the Claims Conference. The speakers bureau connects Holocaust survivors with students both virtually and in person.

“A Holocaust survivor speakers bureau of this scale and reach is unprecedented,” said Gideon Taylor, president of the Claims Conference. “At a moment of dramatically rising antisemitism, this program tells the history and educates for the future.”

Six million European Jews and people from other minorities were killed by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust.

The death toll in the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas war began has now passed 33,000, the enclave's Health Ministry said this morning.

Some 75,668 people in Gaza have been injured, it said.

Israel’s explanation for the deaths of seven aid workers in Gaza, including one Australian, is “not good enough,” the Australian prime minister has said.

The U.S., Australia and others have condemned Israel over the strikes, which killed Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom and six other people working for the U.S.-based charity World Central Kitchen as they were traveling in a convoy after delivering food aid.

“We need to have accountability for how it has occurred, and what is not good enough is the statements that have been made, including that this is ‘just a product of war,’” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters in Sydney today.

Albanese has demanded “full accountability” from Israel, including in a call with Netanyahu yesterday.

The Israeli military has this morning canceled leave for all combat units, a move that comes amid fears of an escalation with Iran after this week's attack on Tehran's consulate in Syria killed a number of senior military commanders.

The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that: "In accordance with the situational assessment, it has been decided that leave will be temporarily paused for all IDF combat units. The IDF is at war and the deployment of forces is under continuous assessment according to requirements."

The IDF said yesterday that it had drafted reservists to boost the country's aerial defenses, and Israeli media has reported that GPS services have been disrupted in Tel Aviv, an apparent effort to ward off possible guided missile attacks.