An Australian senator has questioned a government contract with Elbit Systems amid media reports the Israeli company manufactured the drone that killed an Australian and six other aid workers in Gaza.

“Flowers are an insult when Labor is handing $917m (Australian dollars) [$600m] of public money to Elbit Systems, the company whose drones killed Zomi Frankcom and so many others in Gaza,” Lidia Thorpe said. 

She added that Australia’s Labor government “should look in a mirror” when calling for accountability over Frankcom’s death.

“Stop feeding the war machine and cancel this contract,” the senator said.