The strikes reignited safety concerns for aid workers in Gaza, as food shortages affect more than a million people.
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World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés said Wednesday he believes the group’s seven aid workers killed by an Israeli military strike earlier this week were targeted “systematically, car by car,” amid growing concerns about safety among humanitarian aid groups providing much-needed aid to the war-torn region.Key Facts
Andrés told Reuters he believes the strikes were “not just a bad luck situation” in which Israel “dropped the bomb in the wrong place” (Israel has called the strike unintentional).
There may have been more than three strikes against WCK’s aid convoy, according to Andrés, who said he spoke with President Joe Biden on Tuesday.
Hundreds of tons of food aid intended to be delivered at a makeshift port constructed by WCK in northern Gaza was returned to a port in Cyprus, the group confirmed to Forbes.
