WCK founder voices frustration over Israel's explanation for killing staff

In an emotional speech at Washington National Cathedral memorial service, Jose Andres, chef-turned-humanitarian, says seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza represented the "best of humanity".José Andrés pays tribute to the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in an Israeli military strike in Gaza while on a food mission.

He appeared to struggle at times to maintain his composure, his words focused on the lives and contributions of the aid workers as he pleaded for greater compassion. Hanging on the altar behind Andres were flags of the slain humanitarian workers' home countries, alongside the red, green, black and white Palestinian flag.Andres spoke in depth about each one and their contributions to the work of feeding people suffering through disaster and deprivation — human-made and natural — around the world.

He talked of how Henderson had taught first aid in Ukraine and was an avid rugby player. He said Kirby, known to friends as “Kirbs," was driven to help people in need. And he said a town in Turkey had named a street after Sobol, in honor of his work there after an earthquake. "We stand next to communities as they feed themselves, nourish themselves, heal themselves. People don’t want our pity. They want our respect. Our only way to show respect is facing the mayhem alongside them," he said."We remind them by showing up that they are n ot alone in the darkness."

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