World Central Kitchen says seven of its team members were killed in what it called an Israeli military strike in Gaza.
The toll updates an earlier number of five.
The food charity said in a statement on its website that the seven killed were from Australia, Poland, the UK, a dual citizen of the US and Canada, and Palestine.
World Central Kitchen’s chief executive, Erin Gore, said its team was “travelling in a deconflicted zone in two armoured cars branded with the WCK logo and a soft skin vehicle”.
Despite coordinating movements with the IDF [Israel Defence Forces], the convoy was hit as it was leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought to Gaza on the maritime route.
Gore also said:
This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organisations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable.
The Israeli Defence Forces said it was conducting a “thorough review” into what occurred.
Source: The Guardian
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