‘This was not some mistake in the fog of war’ – Israel condemned as bodies of aid workers are flown home

Deadly strikes have renewed criticism of Israel’s conduct in the nearly six-month-old war

People carry the body of one of the foreign workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK), who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, before they are transported to their families outside Gaza. Photo: Mohammed Salem/Reuters

Mohammad Jahjouh  and Samy Magdy

The bodies of six foreign aid workers killed in Israeli airstrikes began the journey back to their home countries yesterday as they were transported out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt, Palestinian officials said.

The deadly strikes have renewed criticism of Israel’s conduct in the nearly six-month-old war with Hamas and highlighted the risks to aid workers as they try to deliver food to the besieged enclave. The UN says nearly a third of the Gaza population is on the brink of starvation.