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.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said Wednesday that “humanitarian aid organizations are unable to carry out their work safely” in Gaza, where civilians have increasingly had “less access to aid” and medical assistance.
American Near East Refugee Aid announced Tuesday the aid group would suspend its humanitarian operations in Gaza following the death of the World Central Kitchen workers, noting it was the first time the group’s staff felt unsafe after six months of war between Israel and Hamas.
Cindy McCain, executive director for the United Nations’ World Food Programme, told CNN on Wednesday: “Attacks on aid workers are unacceptable and unconscionable,” adding, “All of Gaza is hungry, and humanitarians must be able to safely do our jobs.”
BIG NUMBER
176. That’s how many humanitarian aid workers with the U.N. Agency for Palestine Refugees have been killed since Israel’s war with Hamas began in October, according to the agency.
