UPDATE - Poland calls for international probe into Israel's killing of 7 aid workers in Gaza

UPDATED WITH THE DETAILS OF THE MEETING WITH POLISH DEPUTY FM AND ISRAELI AMBASSADOR

By Ahmet Gencturk

ATHENS (AA) – Poland has called for an international investigation into the deaths of seven aid workers, including a Polish citizen, during an Israeli air strike on Gaza on Monday.

"We demand an international investigation into the case, (and) we demand that Poland also participate in the investigation," Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz was quoted as saying by the state-run PAP news agency Thursday evening.

In line with President Andrzej Duda's remarks, he emphasized that the Polish government expects Israel to compensate the victims' families.

Apology, compensation, and clarification are all measures of decency, Kosiniak-Kamysz stressed.

Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Szejna said on Friday that Israeli Ambassador to Poland Yavkov Livne, who was summoned to the ministry on Thursday to protest for the killing of Polish aid worker, has apologized for the "unprecedented" air strike, the news agency reported.

The meeting with the ambassador was firm, he said, and he formally protested to the ambassador on behalf of the ministry.

"We also request access to all information so that the explanation of the matter is satisfactory," Szejna said.

He added that Warsaw wanted the victim's regional prosecution service to be allowed to participate in a criminal procedure against the soldiers responsible for the attack as it fell under Polish criminal law.

On Thursday, Polish President Andrej Duda said the Israeli envoy in Warsaw has tried to jeopardize relations with Tel Aviv due to his attitude and remarks regarding Israel's killing of a Polish aid worker in Gaza.

Damian Sobol, a volunteer for the World Central Kitchen charity in Gaza, was killed Monday along with six others when an Israeli airstrike hit the convoy he was traveling in.