At least five Palestinians, including three workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK), died this Saturday after their vehicle was attacked by an Israeli drone in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza; eight months after the Israeli attack that killed seven of its employees in April.
According to what a witness told EFE, while the convoy was being secured with humanitarian aid, some bandits tried to seize merchandise, when a Israeli drone shot at the back of one of the trucks. Then, several people came to help and the drones launched another missile against the SUV where the workers were traveling, which bore the logo of the Spanish chef’s NGO. José Andrés.
Among the dead employees is the responsible for community kitchens in the east of Khan Yunis of the WCK, a driver and the person in charge of evaluation and monitoring, as detailed by local sources who located the event on the Salah al Din road, in the Satar al Sharqi area in the northeast of Khan Yunis.
The Israeli Army confirmed, hours later, having attacked a vehicle in which, it says, a militiaman was traveling after receiving intelligence information “credible about your 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 He did not wear badges and his movement “it was not coordinated for the transportation of aid.”
The Islamic factions in Gaza have denounced in a statement that “this crime reveals dangerous aspects and horrible violations related to the objectives of the war of extermination and is linked to depriving the population of the besieged area of obtaining food, water and medicine.
“These repeated crimes targeting humanitarian organizations, relief associations, food preparation and distribution centers and aid convoys are threatening direct messages and terror to all organizations active in humanitarian work,” laments the text.
On April 2, another seven WCK workers died in a Israeli triple attack against their humanitarian convoy when they were leaving a warehouse in Deir al Balah, central Gaza, despite having coordinated their movements with the Israeli Army.
Three days later, the Army said it was a “mistake” in believing that two armed Hamas members were traveling in the vehicle.
The Palestinian Saifeddin Ayad Abutaha, the Australian Lalzawmi Frankcom, the Polish Damian Soból, the Canadian-American Jacob Flickinger and the British John Chapman, James Henderson and James Kirby have died.
Although it was perfectly identified, the caravan was hit by three missiles fired by a drone, which was “a serious violation of the orders and standard operating procedures of the Israel Defense Forces”, the military investigation has concluded, and those responsible have been arrested.
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