Canadian Man Killed Providing Aid in Gaza Was a Military Veteran With a Young Son

Published on April 4, 2024

A Canadian man killed on April 1 along with six other aid workers in the Gaza Strip was a military veteran from Quebec whose death leaves behind a partner and a one-year-old son. Jacob Flickinger, 33, joined the World Central Kitchen aid organization last fall at the urging of his good friend Jonathan Duguay. Mr. Flickinger had been helping the group in Gaza since early March. “Jacob was a fantastic guy,” Mr. Duguay said in an interview. The two met in 2010 when they were serving together in Afghanistan, he added. “He was always supportive, always smiling.” Mr. Duguay himself joined World Central Kitchen in September, helping with food aid in Morocco following the devastating earthquake near Marrakesh. In November he convinced Mr. Flickinger to come on board....

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