“This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable,” said World Central Kitchen CEO Erin Gore.
The seven killed are from Australia, Poland, United Kingdom, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, and Palestine.
Four foreign aid workers and Palestinian translator killed in Israeli strike, Gaza officials say (Guardian, 2024-04-02)
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“Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese confirmed an Australian national was among those killed while doing ‘extraordinarily important work’, naming her as Zomi Frankcom.”
“Albanese said on Tuesday the government would call in the Israeli ambassador over an incident that was ‘beyond any reasonable circumstances’, adding: ‘Australia expects full accountability for the deaths of aid workers, which is completely unacceptable.’”
Four foreign aid workers and Palestinian translator killed in Israeli strike, Gaza officials say (Guardian, 2024-04-01)
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“Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese confirmed an Australian national was among those killed while doing ‘extraordinarily important work’, naming her as Zomi Frankcom.”
“Albanese said on Tuesday the government would call in the Israeli ambassador over an incident that was ‘beyond any reasonable circumstances’, adding: ‘Australia expects full accountability for the deaths of aid workers, which is completely unacceptable.’”
“The Israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing. It needs to stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians and aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon. No more innocent lives lost. Peace starts with our shared humanity. It needs to start now.”
Jose Andres, the founder of the World Central Kitchen
Zomi Frankcom, an Australian aid worker who was killed in an IDF attack in Gaza.
Australian PM Anthony Albanese says the death of an Australian aid worker in Gaza is “completely unacceptable” and “beyond any reasonable circumstances”, saying the government will call in the Israeli ambassador and contact Israel’s government.
Albanese says the government is demanding “full accountability” over the death.
Five aid workers with the World Central Kitchen (WCK) were killed in an Israeli air strike following the delivery of food relief in central Gaza: a Palestinian, Polish, British and Australian, and a fifth body is unrecognisable because it was severely injured.
I'll expect some empty words from the West's leaders tomorrow morning
"We await the results of the investigation"
"A tragedy"
"I was on the phone to Natanyahu today, being very cross.....yada,yada,.....'Assurances given'...thoughts and prayers"
It'll be a big load of fuck all and we all know and expect it.
#Israel#Warcrimes - "Following the reports regarding the @WCKitchen volunteers killed in #Gaza today, the @IDF is conducting a thorough review at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident."
Israel killed 5 World Central Kitchen workers today.
Israel needs to be cut off and stopped. Whatever defense support they may have had is gone.
I hated what they were doing before, but now I am actively against Israel.
They are on their own.
Let the world work together to stop Netanyahu.
#Palestine > A ship towing a barge loaded with food arrived #GazaStrip on Friday by sea from #Cyprus.
The vessel from Open Arms & World Central Kitchen (#WCK) is carrying nearly 200 tons of aid to be delivered via a jetty being prepared in #Gaza
How charity ship Open Arms is delivering humanitarian aid to Gaza
The ship Opens Arms left Cyprus for the Gaza coast on October 12 with 200 tonnes of food supplies, the first ship to sail as part of a maritime aid corridor initiated by Cyprus, with the support of the European Union, the UK and the US. Given the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the charities leading the effort felt they couldn’t wait for the US military to complete a pier to deliver aid #AureFreePress
🇺🇦On the two-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I want to share a message of hope and resilience from a displaced 14-year-old Ukrainian at the humanitarian center in Przemsyl, Poland, in 2022.🇵🇱
🌍Together, through collective solidarity, we can create a positive impact. Let’s join forces and take action for Ukraine. 🕊️
Chef José Andrés and his World Central Kitchen are providing 10s of thousands of meals to people in Gaza and Israel. And Afghanistan.
Where there is will, there is a way.
Would that governments around the world had an ounce of that will to feed people.
(Donating to WCK is always a good use of your money.) #ChefJoséAndrés#WorldCentralKitchen#WCK