{"id":16222,"date":"2024-04-02T14:04:46","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/what-we-know-about-the-victims-of-the-world-central-kitchen-strike\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T14:04:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:04:46","slug":"what-we-know-about-the-victims-of-the-world-central-kitchen-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/what-we-know-about-the-victims-of-the-world-central-kitchen-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Know About the Victims of the World Central Kitchen Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/04\/02\/multimedia\/02mideast-crisis-victims-pfmh\/02mideast-crisis-victims-pfmh-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"What We Know About the Victims of the World Central Kitchen Strike\" title=\"What We Know About the Victims of the World Central Kitchen Strike\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The disaster relief organization World Central Kitchen said seven of its workers were killed in the Gaza Strip late on Monday in an Israeli strike on their convoy. It <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/wck.org\/news\/gaza-team-update\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> one of the seven was a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, while the others were from Australia, Britain, Gaza and Poland. Here\u2019s what is known about the victims, listed by homeland:<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-9bc7a1f\"><span>Australia<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Australia\u2019s foreign minister, Penny Wong, condemned the strike and named its citizen who had been killed as Lalzawmi Frankcom, known as Zomi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe tributes flowing for Lalzawmi \u2018Zomi\u2019 Frankcom tell the story of a life dedicated to the service of others, including her fellow Australians during natural disasters,\u201d Ms. Wong said on <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorWong\/status\/1775072089055371449\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">social media<\/a>, adding that \u201cher tireless work to improve the lives of others should never have cost Ms. Frankcom her own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Last month, World Central Kitchen <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WCKitchen\/status\/1772265100138676498\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">posted a video<\/a> of Ms. Frankcom talking to a chef in the organization\u2019s kitchen in Deir al Balah in central Gaza as he prepared rice and stew for hungry Gazans.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-3779b0f7\"><span>Britain<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Britain\u2019s foreign secretary, David Cameron, said on <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/David_Cameron\/status\/1775096297122414710\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">social media<\/a> on Tuesday that \u201cBritish nationals are reported to have been killed\u201d in the incident. He gave no further details.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-17b48\"><span>Gaza<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A Palestinian working as a driver and translator for World Central Kitchen was also killed. Agence France-Presse and Reuters, which gave two different names for the man, released photos of his body being carried at his funeral in Rafah, in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-64ec2da\"><span>Poland<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Damian Sobol, an aid worker from the southeastern Polish city of Przemysl, died in the attack, according to the city\u2019s mayor, Wojciech Bakun.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere are no words to describe what people who knew this fantastic boy feel at this moment,\u201d he said in a post on social media.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-1b0b642b\"><span>United States and Canada<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Information about the identity of the dual citizen of the United States and Canada was yet to emerge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The disaster relief organization World Central Kitchen said seven of its workers were killed in the Gaza Strip late on Monday in an Israeli strike on their convoy. It said one of the seven was a dual citizen of the United States and Canada, while the others were from Australia, Britain, Gaza and Poland. 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