Gaza Strip: At least five aid workers delivering food to starving civilians have been killed in an Israeli military strike, according to non-profit group World Central Kitchen. The bodies of multiple people wearing apparent World Central Kitchen vests were seen following an airstrike in the central city of Deir Al-Balah. Passports from Britain, Poland, and Australia were found among the footage.
Humanitarian aid workers and civilians should never be targets, said World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés in a statement on Monday. He confirmed the deaths but did not provide specific details. The IDF is conducting a thorough review at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident.
The Australian government is urgently seeking to confirm reports that an Australian aid worker has died in Gaza, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). World Central Kitchen provides meals to disaster-struck regions and communities, including Haiti after its earthquake and Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. They also provided food relief to war-stricken regions such as Ukraine after the Russian invasion. In March, the non-profit led an initiative to ship 200 tons of food aid to Gaza – the first maritime shipment of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian enclave. The shipment included enough ingredients for 500,000 meals to distribute in the strip where hundreds of thousands of people are on brink of famine.
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