Family mourns 'brave and beloved' Australian aid worker killed in strike
The family of the Australian food aid worker killed in the Gaza bombing said in a statement: “We are deeply mourning the loss of our brave and beloved Zomi.”
Lalzaumi 'Zomi' Francome was among several foreign state aid workers killed when the World Central Kitchen convoy was attacked yesterday.
“We are deeply saddened to hear that our brave and beloved Zomi passed away while doing the work she loved, delivering food to the people of Gaza. , an outstanding human being who traveled the world helping others in their time of need,” his family said.
“She will leave a legacy of compassion, courage and love to all who come in her orbit. We are still reeling from shock and would like to protect our privacy strictly at this difficult time.” I hope you will.”
Seven World Central Kitchen employees killed in airstrike
World Central Kitchen announced that at least seven of its members were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Bala, Gaza Strip. Video captured the moment paramedics brought the body to the hospital.
US tells Iran it had no knowledge of Israel's plan to attack its consulate
The Biden administration directly told Iran yesterday that the United States had no knowledge of or any involvement in the attack on the Damascus consulate, two U.S. officials said.
Two other U.S. officials said the regime was informed of the operation in Syria while the Israeli plane was in flight, but did not know what the target was.
“The United States was not involved in the airstrike and had no prior knowledge of it,” a National Security Council spokesperson said in a statement.
U.S. officials still have not independently confirmed that Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commander Mohammed Reza Zahedi was among those killed in the airstrike, two additional U.S. officials said. .
Israeli officials declined to comment on the attack.
World Central Kitchen announces temporary suspension of operations in Gaza Strip after seven workers killed in Israeli airstrike
World Central Kitchen has announced that it is temporarily suspending operations in Gaza after seven of its members were killed in an Israeli Defense Forces airstrike.
At the time of yesterday's attack, members of the aid group were traveling in a “soft skin” vehicle and two armored vehicles bearing the World Central Kitchen logo, the group said in a statement. The group said its convoy was attacked even though it was acting in conjunction with the IDF, and that its members were leaving a warehouse in Deir al-Balah where they had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid. He added that he was trying.
“This is not just an attack on WCK, but an attack on humanitarian organizations in the most dire situations where food is used as a weapon of war. This is unacceptable,” said Erin Gore, CEO of World Central Kitchen. said.
According to WCK, the slain members were from Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom, and dual citizens of the United States, Canada, and Palestine.
The IDF said it was “conducting a thorough investigation at the highest level to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident.”
