Palestinian news and social media have reported that an Israeli drone attack killed five World Central Kitchen employees on a convoy heading to Palestine. Deli Albala Central Gaza feeds hungry people. The four were foreign nationals from Poland, Australia, the United Kingdom and Ireland. One person was Palestinian and was probably the group's translator.
The five workers were distributing food delivered from four ships owned by a Cypriot nonprofit organization. Aid groups built a pier from which food was brought from ships, loaded onto cars, and driven to the World Central Kitchen site in the Gaza Strip.
March 30 (UPI) — The World Central Kitchen loaded four ships from Cyprus with food to help feed civilians in the Gaza Strip.
“We transport non-perishable and ready-to-eat items such as rice, pasta, flour, pulses, canned vegetables and protein,” WCK said. announced on friday.
“A special dispatch will also be made with the dates provided by the United Arab Emirates to provide reassurance to Palestinians observing Ramadan during the darkest imaginable time,” WCK officials said. “Dates are traditionally eaten to break the daily fast.”
This food supply will be enough to provide more than 1 million meals to those suffering from hunger and will be in addition to the more than 43 million meals already sent to Gaza by boat, plane and truck.
could not find Statement on IDF website or Twitterbut this statement circulated on Twitter as their statement.
“Following today's reports regarding the World's Central Kitchen personnel in Gaza, the IDF is conducting a thorough investigation at the highest level to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident.
The video showed the victim dying in a makeshift morgue. The bodies were not blown away, probably due to the protective gear worn by aid workers.
There are no comments from World Central Kitchen.
Warning: Dead video.
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One of the victims gave an interview to MSNBC.
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