By Maria Ortiz
Nov 30, 2024, 17:48 PM EST
The charity World Central Kitchen (WCK)of the Spanish chef José Andrésreported in a statement that paused its operations in Loop after a vehicle carrying members of its staff was hit by an airstrike from Israel which caused the death of 5 people.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stated that a person who was the target of the attack had participated in the October 7 attacks against Israel and was currently working for the WCK.
The WCK said it was “heartbroken to share” that a vehicle carrying personnel had been hit and that it was seeking more details, although it added that “I had no knowledge” that anyone in the car had links to the October 7 attacks.
The Palestinian state news agency Wafa reported that five people were killed in the attack in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Saturday. three of them were WCK employees.
At least five Palestinians, including three WCK workers, died this Saturday after their vehicle was attacked by an Israeli drone in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis; eight months after the Israeli attack that killed seven of its employees in April.
According to a witness, while the convoy with humanitarian aid was being secured, some bandits tried to seize merchandise, when an Israeli drone shot at the back of one of the trucks. Then, several people came to help andThe drones launched another missile against the SUV where the workers were travelingwhich bore the logo of the NGO of Spanish chef José Andrés.
Among the dead employees is the person in charge of the community kitchens in eastern Khan Yunis of the WCK, a driver and the person in charge of evaluation and monitoring, according to local sources who located the event on the Salah al Din road, in the area. of Satar al Sharqi in northeastern Khan Yunis.
The Israeli army confirmed, hours later, having attacked a vehicle in which, it says, a militant was traveling, after receiving “credible” intelligence information about its location in real time.
“The claim that the terrorist was at the same time a WCK worker is being investigated,” adds the military statement, which adds that the civilian vehicle did not use markings and its movement “was not coordinated for the transportation of aid.”
In addition, the death of more than 40 people has been reported in the northern Gaza Strip, after the Israeli Army attacked a building housing displaced people, according to the Gaza Civil Defense.
“The Israeli occupation Army intensified its bombings against homes in the north of the Gaza Strip, bombing today a house that housed displaced people,” the organization denounced in a statement.
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