Seven Gaza aid workers including UK, US and Australian citizens killed in Israeli strike, charity says
by Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem and Ben Doherty from World news | The Guardian on (#6KS03)
Israeli military investigating after World Central Kitchen workers were in convoy struck in central Gaza
Seven people working with World Central Kitchen, a charity spearheading efforts to alleviate looming famine in Gaza, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike, the charity said, throwing humanitarian relief efforts in the Palestinian territory into chaos as the organisation said it would suspend operations.
The workers were travelling in two armoured vehicles branded with the charity's logo, according to a statement released early on Tuesday. World Central Kitchen (WCK) said those killed were from the UK, Australia, Poland and Palestine, as well as a US-Canada dual citizen.
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