(TEL AVIV, ISRAEL) – The Israeli military's attack in Gaza on a convoy of aid workers from World Central Kitchen, an aid organization that provides desperately needed food to Palestinians, has led to the group's founder and celebrity chef Jose Andre This has caused Mr. Less's anger and criticism from those around him. world.
Israel apologized for the attack late Monday that killed seven members of the group, saying it was an accident in the “fog of war”. They promised a thorough investigation into the incident, which Andres said was intentional.
Nearly six months after Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on October 7, Israeli forces continue to bombard the neighboring Gaza Strip. Israeli officials said the first terrorist attack killed about 1,200 people, and Israeli bombing of Gaza killed more than 32,000 people, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.
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April 4th, 6:03pm
IDF suspends two military commanders after deadly airstrike: Israeli media
The Israel Defense Forces has suspended two military commanders after seven World Central Kitchen employees were killed in an IDF airstrike earlier this week, according to Israeli media.
-Ellie Kaufman of ABC News
April 4th, 5:17pm
Children in Gaza eat grass to survive, UNICEF spokesperson says
A UNICEF spokesperson in Gaza told ABC News Live that they were “shocked” by the conditions they saw at the hospital, including malnourished children.
Spokeswoman Tess Ingram said she recently visited Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza and met a seven-year-old boy “eating grass”.
“He was very unwell and in a lot of pain,” Ingram told ABC's Terry Moran on Thursday. “Thankfully, doctors on scene believe he will make a full recovery, but he is one of hundreds of children who are said to be currently being treated for malnutrition.”
“As much as our nutritional treatment can save children's lives, this is unacceptable, especially when aid supplies are only a few kilometers away,” she added.
Asked how humanitarian aid workers in Gaza would be protected after an Israeli military airstrike on a convoy that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers earlier this week, Ingram said: “It's an international It's called humanitarian law.”
“That is what we ask parties to the conflict to respect,” she said.
-ABC News' Luis Rodriguez, Isabella Meneses, Kiara Brantley Jones and Robinson Perez
April 4th, 4:15pm
Attacks on global central kitchens are part of a pattern, NGOs working in Gaza say
Humanitarian aid officials working in the Gaza Strip told reporters Thursday that they believe the Israeli airstrikes that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers on Monday were part of a pattern. emphasized.
They said other humanitarian workers, including doctors, nurses and journalists, had been previously targeted and killed, but they were Palestinians.
“The condemnation of World Central Kitchen is good and just, but where is the condemnation of other humanitarian workers, of destroyed hospitals, of all attempts to manipulate the media?” Christopher Lockyear, Médecins Sans Frontières The Executive Director said: “what happened [World Central Kitchen] It's part of the pattern. …This is about impunity and a complete disregard for the rules of war. ”
Asked whether the World Central Kitchen attack would significantly reduce humanitarian operations in Gaza, Lockyear said: “We remain in Gaza, but we are assessing the risks on a daily basis.” answered.
-ABC News' Camila Arcini and Ellie Kaufman
April 4th, 4:11pm
US warns of policy changes if Israel does not take steps to strengthen protections for civilians
President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, their first meeting since seven World Central Kitchen relief workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip.
Biden had slammed the incident, which Israel said was unintentional, as “outraging.”
Biden also told Netanyahu that the strikes against food relief workers and the overall humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip are “unacceptable,” according to a White House reading of the call.
The White House has signaled for the first time that the president may consider changing U.S. policy toward Gaza if Israel does not take action to better protect civilians and aid workers.
“He made clear the need for Israel to announce and implement a series of concrete, concrete and measurable measures to address civilian harm, humanitarian suffering and the safety of aid workers.” It says in the reading. “He made clear that U.S. policy on Gaza will be determined by our assessment of Israel's immediate action on these measures.”
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-Molly Nagle and Alexandra Hutzler of ABC News
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