The Israeli raid claimed the lives of 6 foreigners and a Palestinian (Anatolia)
The founder of the "World Central Kitchen" organization, José Andres, expressed his sadness over the killing of members of the organization in an Israeli army air strike in Gaza, while Australia - which confirmed the killing of one of its citizens in the raid - demanded that the perpetrators be held accountable.
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Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that the number of victims of the Israeli raid that targeted a car belonging to the World Central Kitchen organization in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Monday evening had risen to 7 dead, including 6 foreigners.
The government media office in Gaza had announced that the occupation had assassinated the relief team consisting of a Briton, a Polish, an Australian, and another unidentified person, and added that the Israeli raid had also resulted in the martyrdom of their Palestinian driver.
Founder of the World Central Kitchen organization: Israel must stop killing civilians and aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon #Gaza_War pic.twitter.com/tY0NLi6axD
- Al Jazeera Channel (@AJArabic) April 2, 2024
On the other hand, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the killing of Australian aid worker Lalazaoumi Francome in the Israeli raid.
Albanese stated that he contacted the Israeli ambassador to ask him for "full accountability regarding the killing of the relief team."
For its part, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) condemned in the strongest terms the occupation army's targeting of workers at the World Central Kitchen Organization south of Deir al-Balah.
The movement said in a statement, "The crime confirms that the occupation still insists on its policy of killing unarmed civilians, international relief teams, and humanitarian organizations, as part of its efforts to terrorize its workers, to prevent them from continuing their humanitarian missions."
An Israeli bombing on a car belonging to the World Central Kitchen organization in Deir al-Balah in the middle of the Gaza Strip, killing 4 foreigners, a Briton, a Polish, an Australian, and another unidentified person. Al Jazeera correspondent Ashraf Abu Amra informs us of the latest developments #Gaza_War News pic.twitter.com/wMUCMSkWYj
- Al Jazeera Channel (@AJArabic) April 1, 2024
Hamas called on the international community and the Security Council to condemn this act and take action to put an end to the occupation’s crimes and aggression against the Palestinian people, according to the statement.
The United States-based World Central Kitchen organization, in cooperation with the Spanish “Open Arms” association, organized shipments of humanitarian aid to Gaza, which were sent via two ships that sailed from Cyprus on March 12 and 30.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies