World Central Kitchen Charity Halts Gaza Operations After Apparent Israeli Strike Kills Seven Workers

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An apparent Israeli airstrike killed seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen, leading the charity to suspend delivery Tuesday of vital food aid to Gaza, where Israel’s offensive has pushed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to the brink of starvation.

Andrés — whose charity operates in several countries wracked by wars or natural disasters, including Israel after the Oct. 7 attack that triggered the current conflict — said he was “heartbroken” by the deaths of his colleagues. Erin Gore, the CEO of the charity, said"this is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable.”

Three aid ships from the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus arrived earlier Monday carrying some 400 tons of food and supplies organized by World Central Kitchen and the United Arab Emirates following a pilot was run last month. The bodies of the aid workers were taken to a hospital in the southern city of Rafah on the Egyptian border, according to an Associated Press reporter at the hospital.

“It is essential that humanitarian workers are protected and able to carry out their work,” he wrote on X, also calling for an investigation.

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