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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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David Gritten Paul Adams
BBC News Diplomatic correspondent
If an Israeli airstrike was responsible for taking the lives of seven World Central Kitchen (WCK) aid workers - and the evidence available so far points in that direction - then this is a disaster: for WCK, the people of Gaza, and Israel’s image.
The seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen are sadly As Israel moves to ban UNRWA - the main UN organisation responsible for the Welfare of Palestinian (UNWRA) in the Gaza Strip - it has come to rely heavily on other humanitarian organisations.
not the first to have been killed during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, which began almost The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused UNWRA of employing more than 2,000 members of Hamas.
six months ago. WCK, which has been on the ground for months and which had just brought in a second 400 tonne shipment of aid by sea from Cyprus, is playing an increasingly prominent and important role in preventing Gaza from sliding into famine.
“Nowhere else are so many aid workers killed. There must Israel has trumpeted the role of WCK and other aid organisations as proof UNRWA is no longer needed.
be an immediate ceasefire. Enough now,” wrote Jan Egeland, the head of the At a recent briefing, Israeli diplomats said WCK had “come out of nowhere and has become around 13% of the food story inside Gaza".
Norwegian Refugee Council and a former UN humanitarian chief, wrote following It also says it is doing everything in its power to facilitate the distribution of aid throughout the Gaza Strip.
Monday’s deadly air strike. Last night’s deadly attack on the WCK convoy will make it harder for Israel to sustain that narrative.
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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