According to World Central Kitchen, four foreign aid workers were killed in an Israeli Defense Force attack in the Gaza Strip.
Representatives of the nonprofit non-governmental organization said in a statement that they were still gathering details about the incident, which occurred in the north early Tuesday morning local time.
“This is a tragedy. Humanitarian aid workers and civilians should never be targeted. Never,” he said in a statement.
The IDF said in a statement that it was conducting a “thorough investigation at the highest level to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident.”
“IDF has undertaken extensive efforts to ensure the safe delivery of humanitarian supplies and is working closely with WCK in critical efforts to provide food and humanitarian supplies to the Gaza population,” IDF said in a statement. Ta.
Chef Jose Andres, founder of World Central Kitchen, said he was “heartbroken” and “sad” for the families and friends of the murdered World Central Kitchen employees. Stated.
“Today @WCKitchen lost several of our sisters and brothers in an IDF airstrike in Gaza.” he wrote to x. “I am heartbroken and grieving for their family and friends and our entire WCK family. They are people… angels… We served together in the Bahamas and Indonesia. They are not faceless… They are not nameless. The Israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing. It needs to stop restricting humanitarian aid, civilians and aid workers. We need to stop killing people and stop using food as a weapon. No more innocent lives can be lost. Peace begins with our shared humanity. We need to start now. .”
World Central Kitchen has been working in Gaza for several months and has served more than 33 million meals since the start of the conflict, the NGO said. It operates more than 60 community kitchens in the Gaza Strip with the help of 400 local Palestinians.
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