7 aid workers killed in Israeli air raid

US-based aid group World Central Kitchen has confirmed seven staff members were killed in a targeted attack by the Israeli military and called on it to stop this indiscriminate killing in Gaza. 

Those killed were from Palestine, Australia, Poland, the UK, and a US-Canada citizen.

WCK said the attack came as its staff were delivering food from its latest shipment to Gaza, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been pushed to the brink of famine by Israel’s offensive.

Footage showed the bodies of those killed at a hospital in the central town of Deir el-Balah. Several of them wore protective gear with the charity’s logo.

WCK said it was immediately suspending operations in the region. The strike marked a big setback to efforts to deliver aid by sea, a route that has been developed due to Israeli restrictions on access to Gaza, where experts say famine is imminent.