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Jeremy Bowen The family of killed aid worker Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom say she would be "heartbroken" if her death stopped aid reaching people in Gaza.
International editor, reporting from Northern Israel Frankcom, an Australian national, was one of seven aid workers for charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) killed in an Israeli strike on their convoy on Monday.
So far, President Biden and his aides have resisted calls to put conditions on the use of American weapons in Gaza, or even to turn off the supply line. Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, her family said the deaths "should never have happened" and "the
While the weapons still arrive, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who depends on hardline Jewish ultranationalists to stay in office, might feel he can still afford to defy President Biden. lives of humanitarian workers should always be protected".
A major test will be the offensive Israel wants to attack Hamas in Rafah, plans the US believes would compound the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Several aid groups, including WCK, have suspended their operations in Gaza in response to Monday's strike.
American interests and Joe Biden's political prospects in an election year have already been damaged by what is seen in many countries as complicity with Israel. “Zomi would be heartbroken if this incident,
In another change this week, Netanyahu has come back to work after two days off for hernia surgery to huge demonstrations demanding his resignation and early elections for a new parliament. as tragic as it is, prevented aid from being given to those in need," the family adds.
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