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==Israel acknowledges killing 7 aid charity workers in ‘tragic, unintentional’ airstrike
World Central Kitchen halts Gaza ops after ‘unforgivable’ Israeli bombing; victims’ countries demand answers;== PM says will ‘do everything’ to prevent recurrence; White House ‘heartbroken’
By Emanuel Fabian,
ToI Staff and Agencies 2 April 2024, 2:58 pmUpdated at 5:49 pm
Facing searing criticism on Tuesday, Israel acknowledged mistakenly carrying out an airstrike that killed seven staff members of a US-based charity group who were unloading food brought by sea to the war-torn Gaza Strip.
The group World Central Kitchen said it was pausing operations after a “targeted Israeli strike” at around midnight between Monday and Tuesday killed three British and four other staffers — an Australian, a Palestinian, a Pole and a US-Canadian.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged a “tragic” and “unintentional” incident and vowed to “do everything” to prevent a recurrence.
The Israeli military promised to investigate the incident “at the highest levels.”
A Haaretz report on Tuesday afternoon said the IAF had fired three missiles in quick succession at three vehicles.
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IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in an English-language statement that he had spoken to WCK founder Chef Jose Andres, “and expressed the deepest condolences of the Israel Defense Forces to the families and the entire World Central Kitchen family.”
Today @WCKitchen lost several of our sisters and brothers in an IDF air strike in Gaza. I am heartbroken and grieving for their families and friends and our whole WCK family. These are people…angels…I served alongside in Ukraine, Gaza, Turkey, Morocco, Bahamas, Indonesia. They… https://t.co/rM3xbsiQ1Q
— Chef José Andrés ????️???????? (@chefjoseandres) April 1, 2024
Facing searing criticism on Tuesday, Israel acknowledged mistakenly carrying out an airstrike that killed seven staff members of a US-based charity group who were unloading food brought by sea to the war-torn Gaza Strip.
The group World Central Kitchen said it was pausing operations after a “targeted Israeli strike” at around midnight between Monday and Tuesday killed three British and four other staffers — an Australian, a Palestinian, a Pole and a US-Canadian.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged a “tragic” and “unintentional” incident and vowed to “do everything” to prevent a recurrence.
The Israeli military promised to investigate the incident “at the highest levels.”
A Haaretz report on Tuesday afternoon said the IAF had fired three missiles in quick succession at three vehicles.
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IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in an English-language statement that he had spoken to WCK founder Chef Jose Andres, “and expressed the deepest condolences of the Israel Defense Forces to the families and the entire World Central Kitchen family.”
Today @WCKitchen lost several of our sisters and brothers in an IDF air strike in Gaza. I am heartbroken and grieving for their families and friends and our whole WCK family. These are people…angels…I served alongside in Ukraine, Gaza, Turkey, Morocco, Bahamas, Indonesia. They… https://t.co/rM3xbsiQ1Q
— Chef José Andrés ????️???????? (@chefjoseandres) April 1, 2024
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He added that the IDF had expressed “sincere sorrow to our allied nations who have been doing and continue to do so much to assist those in need. We have been reviewing the incident at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of what happened and how it happened,” he said.
“We will get to the bottom of this and we will share our findings transparently,” Hagari added.
“These are the heroes of WCK. These 7 beautiful souls were killed by the IDF in a strike as they were returning from a full day's mission. Their smiles, laughter, and voices are forever embedded in our memories.” – Erin Gore, CEO. Read more: https://t.co/4f38RQ1l4I pic.twitter.com/neAsSzKVP5
— World Central Kitchen (@WCKitchen) April 2, 2024
WCK has been working to unload food brought to Gaza by sea from Cyprus amid a push to increase aid to the Strip amid increasing fears of widespread famine. The killing of its aid workers compounds already intense criticism Israel has faced including accusations that it was withholding aid from the hunger-stricken region.