PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: The Hamas-controlled Health Ministry announced on Monday that four foreign aid workers and a Palestinian driver were killed when their car was hit by an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip.
The ministry said that following the Israeli attack on a vehicle belonging to the American organisation World Central Kitchen, five “martyrs” were brought to a hospital in Deir el-Balah in the center of Gaza.
Hamas said in another statement, “They hold British, Australian and Polish nationalities, with the fourth nationality not known” adding the fifth person killed was a Palestinian driver and translator.
The American NGO further it was “aware of reports” that members of its staff “had been killed in an IDF attack while working to support our humanitarian food delivery efforts in Gaza”.
In a statement, the Israeli military said it was conducting a thorough investigation at the highest level to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident and was working closely with the WCK to provide aid to the Palestinians.
At al-Aqsa hospital in Deir el-Balah, media saw five bodies lying nearby, each with three foreign passports.
World Central Kitchen has been involved in the delivery of aid arriving by boat from Cyprus and the construction of a temporary dock in Gaza.
