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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 |
(32 minutes later) | |
Paul Adams | |
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. | |
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. | |
The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused UNWRA of employing more than 2,000 members of Hamas. | |
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. | |
Israel has trumpeted the role of WCK and other aid organisations as proof UNRWA is no longer needed. | |
At a recent briefing, Israeli diplomats said WCK had “come out of nowhere and has become around 13% of the food story inside Gaza". | |
It also says it is doing everything in its power to facilitate the distribution of aid throughout the Gaza Strip. | |
Last night’s deadly attack on the WCK convoy will make it harder for Israel to sustain that narrative. | |
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