The senior coroner told the hearing she was also likely to grant the “interested person” status to the family of Australian national Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom, 43, who also died in the attack.
When asked whether this could extend to the Israeli defence department, or Israeli air force, Voisin replied: “I think it is fair to say that this whole process today is going to be kept under review.
“This is the first pre-inquest review, I think we all know there will be another, and may be another, before we are ready in any shape or form to hear the evidence and come to any conclusions.”
The court heard submissions had also been made on behalf of legal teams representing the families to grant the Ministry of Defence and defence technology company Elbit Systems “interested person” status.
Hewitt said the scope of the inquests would also include the circumstances by which Kirby, Chapman and Henderson came to be in Gaza, and what risk assessments, plans, policies and procedures were in place.
Hewitt added legal teams asked the coroner to investigate “what steps, if any, were taken or in place prior to April 1 2024 by the UK Government in relation to the protection of lives of aid workers in Gaza”.
The senior coroner said she was unable to set a date for the full hearing, as there may be further parties to be granted “interested person” status, and it was currently unclear how long the inquests could take.
The matter of whether a jury would hear the inquests would be decided at a later date, she added.
Dual American-Canadian citizen Jacob Flickinger, 33, Polish national Damian Sobol, 35, and their driver, Palestinian Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, 25, also died in the attack.
A further pre-inquest review has been listed for 5 April, 2027.
