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Israel-Gaza latest news: Seven food aid workers killed in Israeli strike in central Gaza - BBC News Israel-Gaza latest news: Seven food aid workers killed in Israeli strike in central Gaza - BBC News
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Foreign Secretary David Cameron said the news of the fatal airstrike is "deeply distressing" and that the UK government was working to find out what happened. David Gritten
"British Nationals are reported to have been killed, we are urgently working to verify this information and will provide full support to their families," he said. BBC News
World Central Kitchen has so far said that one British national was among the dead, but have not given details about all those killed.
"These were people who were working to deliver life-saving aid to those who desperately need it.
It is essential that humanitarian workers are protected and able to carry out their work. The seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen are sadly
"We have called on Israel to immediately investigate and provide a full, transparent explanation of what happened." not the first to have been killed during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which began almost
six months ago.
“Nowhere else are so many aid workers killed. There must
be an immediate ceasefire. Enough now,” wrote Jan Egeland, the head of the
Norwegian Refugee Council and a former UN humanitarian chief, wrote following
Monday’s deadly air strike.
Before the incident, at least 196 aid workers had been
killed in the Palestinian territories since the start of the war, according to a
tally by the Aid Worker Security Database, which records major incidents of
violence against humanitarian personnel.
Last year, when 161 aid workers were reported killed, was
the deadliest year ever recorded, according to the AWSD’s database.
Most of those killed during the war worked for the
UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), which runs the biggest aid
operation in Gaza.
UNRWA said in a report on Monday that 173 of its staff
members had been killed, including while in the line of duty. It added that 353
“incidents impacting UNRWA premises and the people inside them” had been
reported during the war, including “at least 52 incidents of military use
and/or interference at UNRWA premises”.
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