{"id":16268,"date":"2024-04-02T15:02:20","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T15:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/what-we-know-about-the-strike-that-killed-7-world-central-kitchen-workers\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T15:02:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T15:02:20","slug":"what-we-know-about-the-strike-that-killed-7-world-central-kitchen-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/02\/what-we-know-about-the-strike-that-killed-7-world-central-kitchen-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Know About the Strike That Killed 7 World Central Kitchen Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/04\/02\/multimedia\/02mideast-crisis-WCK-what-we-know-vzfl\/02mideast-crisis-WCK-what-we-know-vzfl-facebookJumbo.jpg?resize=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"What We Know About the Strike That Killed 7 World Central Kitchen Workers\" title=\"What We Know About the Strike That Killed 7 World Central Kitchen Workers\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen were killed when their convoy came under fire overnight between Monday and Tuesday, according to the aid organization and Palestinian health officials in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The disaster relief organization, founded by the Spanish chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s, said members of its staff were hit in an Israeli strike. Although the Israeli military had not publicly taken responsibility, an Israeli military official said an initial inquiry had concluded Israeli forces were responsible for the strike <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a statement following the attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel referred to<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>a \u201ctragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people.\u201d He said Israel was in touch with foreign governments over the episode. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Here\u2019s what we know.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-4f71258f\"><span>The convoy of three vehicles had just left a food warehouse.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The World Central Kitchen staff members were leaving a warehouse in Deir al-Balah, a city in the central Gaza Strip, when their convoy \u2014 two armored cars and a third vehicle \u2014 came under fire, the organization said in a statement. The precise time of the episode has not been determined, but it was late Monday night or just after midnight on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military had been informed of aid workers\u2019 movements, the charity said. Aid workers had just unloaded more than 100 tons of food brought to Gaza by sea at the warehouse, according to the group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Video footage filmed by a Palestinian journalist and verified by The New York Times shows at least two destroyed white vehicles at the scene. One of the cars was left with a gaping hole in its roof, which was clearly marked with the World Central Kitchen logo. Papers bearing the WCK logo could also be seen inside the charred interior of the second car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It remained unclear on Tuesday morning what sort of munition struck the cars and whether those explosives were launched from the ground, from a warplane or from a drone.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-520380e2\"><span>Six foreign nationals and a Palestinian were killed.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The strike&#8217;s victims included a Palestinian and six foreign nationals, including people from Australia, Poland, Britain, the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia identified one of the victims as Zomi Frankcom, an Australian citizen and a senior manager at World Central Kitchen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Palestinian medics retrieved the bodies of the seven victims before rushing them to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs\u2019 hospital in Deir al-Balah, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. They were subsequently taken south and will ultimately be transported out of the enclave into Egypt, the Red Crescent said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-15h6bi9 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-498628cd\"><span>The prime minister appeared to take responsibility for the \u2018unintentional\u2019 attack.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a video statement on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel referred to a \u201ctragic case of our forces unintentionally harming innocent people in the Gaza Strip.\u201d Mr. Netanyahu did not specifically name World Central Kitchen in his remarks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But an Israeli official familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the strike is still under investigation, clarified that the prime minister was referencing the strike. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt 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,\u201d Mr. Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military did not publicly take responsibility for the strike. But an Israeli military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an internal investigation, the military has already concluded it was responsible for the strike on the convoy. Gen. Herzi Halevi, the Israeli military chief of staff, is expected to review findings of an initial inquiry into the incident on Tuesday evening, the official said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Admiral Hagari on Tuesday said the circumstances behind the strike were still being investigated \u201cat the highest levels.\u201d He said he had spoken to Mr. Andr\u00e9s to express his condolences on behalf of the Israeli military, but steered clear of formally claiming responsibility for the strike that killed the aid workers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He said the investigation had been referred to the Fact Finding and Assessment Mechanism, a military body tasked with investigating accusations and probing the circumstances behind battlefield incidents. \u201cWe will be opening a probe to examine this serious incident further,\u201d he said. \u201cThis will help us reduce the risk of such an event from occurring again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Israeli military said the mechanism was an \u201cindependent, professional, and expert body.\u201d Human rights groups have generally been critical of the Israeli military\u2019s ability to transparently investigate itself, charging that probes are often long and rarely lead to indictments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-798hid etfikam0\">Patrick Kingsley<!-- --> <!-- -->Rawan Sheikh Ahmad<!-- -->, <!-- -->Gabby Sobelman<!-- -->, and <!-- -->Nader Ibrahim<!-- --> contributed reporting to this article.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen were killed when their convoy came under fire overnight between Monday and Tuesday, according to the aid organization and Palestinian health officials in Gaza. The disaster relief organization, founded by the Spanish chef Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s, said members of its staff were hit in an Israeli strike. 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