An Israeli strike in Gaza killed seven workers at the food aid organization World Central Kitchen, the American NGO said on Tuesday. The victims are “from Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom. One citizen has dual American and Canadian nationality and one person is Palestinian.
The food aid NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) said on Tuesday that seven of its employees had been killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza, announcing the suspension of its activities in the region. “World Central Kitchen is devastated to confirm that seven members of our team were killed in Gaza in an IDF strike,” the Israeli armed forces, the US-based NGO said in a statement.
Among the victims are nationals of “Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom, a citizen with dual American and Canadian nationality and a Palestinian person,” the organization said. World Central Kitchen added that it had decided to “suspend operations in the region.”
The convoy hit by a strike
Since the start of the war in October, World Central Kitchen has participated in relief efforts, including providing meals to starving Gaza residents. It is one of two NGOs actively involved in delivering aid to Gaza by boat from Cyprus and has also been involved in the construction of a temporary jetty.
The NGO indicated that its team was traveling aboard a convoy made up of “two armored cars bearing the WCK logo and a light vehicle” at the time of the strike. “Despite coordinating movements with the IDF, the convoy was hit as it was leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid being transported to Gaza by sea “, she specifies in the press release.