Food charity says seven of its workers killed in Israeli airstrike
A boy holds out an empty pot as he waits with other displaced Palestinians queueing for meals provided by a charity organisation ahead of the fast-breaking “iftar” meal during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 16, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the militant group Hamas.
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Several staff of the non-profit World Central Kitchen were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza overnight, the organization’s founder José Andrés wrote on social media site X.
“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 … The Israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing,” Andres wrote.
The Israeli military said in a statement early Tuesday, cited by the New York Times, that it was “conducting a thorough review at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident.”
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