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(144,261 posts) Sun Dec 1, 2024, 04:16 AM Dec 1

Food charity pauses Gaza work after staff killed in Israeli strike [View all]

Source: BBC

12 hours ago

The charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) has said it is pausing its operations in Gaza after a vehicle carrying its staff members was hit by an Israeli air strike. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the target of the strike had taken part in the 7 October attacks on Israel, and was currently employed by the WCK.

WCK said it was "heartbroken to share" that a vehicle carrying staff had been hit and it was seeking more details, though added it had "no knowledge" that anyone in the car had ties to the 7 October attacks.

Palestinian state-run news agency Wafa reported that five people were killed in the strike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Saturday, with three of them WCK employees.

They included the director of WCK's kitchens in Gaza, the agency added. Separately, British aid agency Save the Children said one of its staff members was also killed on Saturday afternoon in Khan Younis. Ahmad Faisal Isleem Al-Qadi, 39, had been returning home to his wife and three-year-old daughter from a mosque when he was killed, the charity added.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g2g6w4109o

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Food charity pauses Gaza work after staff killed in Israeli strike [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 1 OP

Why can't the IDF intercept a vehicle on the ground? speak easy Dec 1 #1

tragic BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 1 #2

Perhaps because the prisons are full and not enough judges, juries, or tribunals to hear all the cases. C0RI0LANUS Dec 1 #3

I read this twice since I thought this must be an old story, the same thing happened back in April, IIRC. Tragic. Rhiannon12866 Dec 1 #4

Yes this just happened BumRushDaShow Dec 1 #5

Good Grief! I remember the last time they decided to leave, but I guess they eventually decided to go back Rhiannon12866 Dec 1 #6

I just saw an AP breaking that UNRWA was halting their activities now too BumRushDaShow Dec 1 #7

And here we thought that the cease fire agreement was a path to peace. Rhiannon12866 Dec 1 #9

That was only for the northern border with Lebanon BumRushDaShow Dec 1 #10

Thanks for the clarification Rhiannon12866 Dec 1 #11

Dead men tell no tales . . . Aussie105 Dec 1 #8

Aussie105: On this site, yes, from some people you will read that Israel is 'defending' itself. C0RI0LANUS Dec 1 #14

If you kill the aid workers, you can keep starving the Palestinians. Lonestarblue Dec 1 #21

The ceasefire only pertained to IDF vs LH, not Palestinians in Gaza. The Nakba has been going on. C0RI0LANUS Dec 1 #12

there is always the possibility of a darker motive lapfog_1 Dec 1 #13

The Mathematics of Misery C0RI0LANUS Dec 1 #15

"This means 27,000 Palestinians were KIA as collateral damage in the Gaza Strip. No trial or hearing." EX500rider Dec 1 #19

Anyone here believe the IDF (that they had evidence of Hamas within the WCK trucks)? I sure as hell DON'T. hlthe2b Dec 1 #16

Nine out of ten Gazans suffer from food insecurity. And soon, exposure to the elements as winter approaches. C0RI0LANUS Dec 1 #17

It is very dangerous for civilians to be in an active combat zone. Irish_Dem Dec 1 #18

Its not a combat zone uncledad Dec 1 #26

When bombs are falling it is an active combat zone. Irish_Dem Dec 1 #27

oh.....just move along purr-rat beauty Dec 1 #20

If the Israeli's knew who was in the car, then they knew that the Gaza director of WCK was in it. patphil Dec 1 #22

Why couldn't they just arrest the guy? Diraven Dec 1 #24

My sentiment exactly. patphil Dec 1 #25

OMG again? Kali Dec 1 #23

The overall Likud strategy in Gaza is called "NHI" and progressives in Israel or us DU-ers are powerless to stop it. C0RI0LANUS Dec 1 #28

Damned Humanitarians keep trying to interfere with innocent war crimes. Ping Tung Dec 1 #29