Dhaka, April 4 -- Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud says he hopes Western countries will take action against Israel for the attack on aid workers during its ongoing assault on Gaza.

"I hope that, after yesterday's incident, in which three British citizens were killed, the Western world will come to its senses and it will take action against Israel," he said in response to questions from the media at the Jatiya Press Club on Thursday.

Seven workers of the charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) were killed in an Israeli air strike in central Gaza on Monday.

Among the dead were a Polish citizen, three UK citizens, an Australian, a US-Canadian joint citizen, and a Palestinian.

The WCK says its convoy was attacked and its workers killed after the...