Israeli forces have carried out at least eight strikes on aid workers’ convoys and premises in Gaza since October 2023, even though aid groups had provided their coordinates to the Israeli authorities to ensure their protection.
Israeli authorities did not issue advance warnings to any of the aid organizations before the strikes, which killed or injured at least 31 aid workers and those with them.
"I can’t risk sending more staff into Gaza because I cannot rely on deconfliction as a way of keeping them safe,” a senior employee from one of the organizations...told Human Rights Watch. He said this was a key factor in limiting the organization’s ability to provide medical services. “You can build docks & send shipments, but without a safe operating environment, you will have a pile up of shipments that people aren’t able to deploy safely to help people.” #Israel#Gaza#AidWorkers#WarCrimes
#Israel has said it has informed the families of 31 people held in the territory since 7 October that their relatives are dead. The news came as the Qatari prime minister said #Hamas had given a “generally positive” response to proposals for a deal trading a break in the fighting and release of #Palestinian prisoners for the return of more #hostages.
Finally. Maybe the tragic and completely unnecessary deaths of 7 #WCK#AidWorkers will not have been in vain.
He promised to “streamline #SecurityChecks” that aid organisations have blamed for choking the flow of assistance to the territory’s more than 2 million people through six months of war. #Israel