World Central Kitchen Pauses Operations in Gaza After Israeli Strike Kills 7 Staff

Published on April 2, 2024

The World Central Kitchen (WCK), a U.S.-based non-governmental organization, said on Tuesday that it was pausing aid operations in Gaza after seven of its team members were killed in an Israeli airstrike. The WCK said that its aid workers were traveling in “a deconflicted zone” in two armored cars carrying the organization’s logo as well as “a soft skin vehicle” when the airstrike occurred. It said that despite coordinating movements with the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), the convoy was hit as it was leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, where the team had unloaded over 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought into Gaza on the maritime route....

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