President Biden said he was “outraged and heartbroken” by the Israel Defense Forces strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel “deeply regrets” the incident, while the IDF said that the strike was a “grave mistake” and the result of a “misidentification.”
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End of carouselThe attack killed four relief workers, identified by World Central Kitchen as Lalzawmi Frankcom, 43, from Australia; Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, a 25-year-old Palestinian; Damian Soból, 35, from Poland; and Jacob Flickinger, a 33-year-old dual U.S.-Canadian citizen. Three British nationals on the food aid nonprofit’s security team were also killed in the strike: John Chapman, 57; James Henderson, 33; and James Kirby, 47.
World Central Kitchen ships carrying nearly 400 tons of food had arrived in Gaza on Monday, and about 100 tons of it had been offloaded and was being distributed when the attack happened. Since World Central Kitchen suspended its activities in the region, the remaining 240 tons of aid will be returned to Cyprus, a Cypriot Foreign Ministry spokesman told the Associated Press.
An Israeli delegation returned from cease-fire talks in Cairo after working with mediators on an updated proposal for Hamas, according to the prime minister’s office. Hamas officials have not yet responded to the latest round of talks.
At least 32,916 people have been killed and 75,494 injured in Gaza since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, including more than 300 soldiers, and says 256 soldiers have been killed since the start of its military operation in Gaza.
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End of carouselThe attack killed four relief workers, identified by World Central Kitchen as Lalzawmi Frankcom, 43, from Australia; Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, a 25-year-old Palestinian; Damian Soból, 35, from Poland; and Jacob Flickinger, a 33-year-old dual U.S.-Canadian citizen. Three British nationals on the food aid nonprofit’s security team were also killed in the strike: John Chapman, 57; James Henderson, 33; and James Kirby, 47.
World Central Kitchen ships carrying nearly 400 tons of food had arrived in Gaza on Monday, and about 100 tons of it had been offloaded and was being distributed when the attack happened. Since World Central Kitchen suspended its activities in the region, the remaining 240 tons of aid will be returned to Cyprus, a Cypriot Foreign Ministry spokesman told the Associated Press.
An Israeli delegation returned from cease-fire talks in Cairo after working with mediators on an updated proposal for Hamas, according to the prime minister’s office. Hamas officials have not yet responded to the latest round of talks.
At least 32,916 people have been killed and 75,494 injured in Gaza since the war began, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Israel estimates that about 1,200 people were killed in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, including more than 300 soldiers, and says 256 soldiers have been killed since the start of its military operation in Gaza.
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