“We understand that members of the World Central Kitchen team were killed in an attack by the Israel Defense Forces while working to support our humanitarian food delivery efforts in Gaza,” the NGO spokeswoman said on Monday night. .
“Humanitarian workers and civilians should never be a target”, highlighted Linda Roth, in a statement released on the social network X (formerly Twitter) by the organization, founded by Spanish chef José Andrés.
The Health Ministry of the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, said the attack killed the NGO’s four employees and a Palestinian driver after they helped deliver food.
The attack occurred after the victims distributed goods in northern Gaza, arrived hours earlier by sea from Cyprus.
The Israel Defense Forces have so far made no comment on the alleged attack.
The aid ships transported around 400 tons of food and supplies in a shipment organized by the United Arab Emirates and World Central Kitchen.
The war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, ongoing for almost six months, has displaced most of Gaza’s population and put a third of the enclave’s inhabitants on the brink of starvation.
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By Impala News / Lusa
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