Videos and photos suggest the convoy was hit multiple times, killing the seven aid workers including Australian Zomi Frankcom.
Seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen were killed in the Gaza Strip when their convoy came under fire Monday night, according to the aid organisation and Gaza health officials.
Palestinians inspect a vehicle with the logo of the World Central Kitchen wrecked by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip,suggest the convoy was hit multiple times. The imagery shows three destroyed white vehicles, with the northernmost and southernmost vehicles nearly two and a half kilometres apart.
Zomi Frankcom of Australia, right, one of the seven aid workers from World Central Kitchen killed by an Israeli air strike,Damian Sobol, an aid worker from the southeastern Polish city of Przemysl, died in the attack, according to the city’s mayor, Wojciech Bakun. “There are no words to describe what people who knew this fantastic guy feel at this moment,” he said in a post on social media.
Abu Taha and other World Central Kitchen workers were thrilled to have the opportunity to unload the desperately needed food aid. “They were so excited, like they were going to a wedding,” his brother said. It was the last time he saw him.Cameron said on social media that “it is essential that humanitarian workers are protected and able to carry out their work.” He called on Israel “to immediately investigate and provide a full, transparent explanation of what happened.
“It happens in war, we are fully examining this, we are in contact with the governments, and we will do everything so that this thing does not happen again,” Netanyahu said.AP
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