Washington calls on Israel to protect aid workers in Gaza, and the International Kitchen calls for an independent investigation. The seven foreign employees, including two Britons, an American, an Australian, and a Canadian, were killed in an Israeli raid on two cars they were traveling in on Al-Rashid Street in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army acknowledged its responsibility for the killing of aid workers as a result of a raid carried out by its aircraft. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the army hit the relief convoy "unintentionally"