World Central Kitchen (WCK) has confirmed that seven of its team members were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza.
The seven aid workers killed are from Australia, Palestine, Poland, the United Kingdom, as well as a dual citizen of the US and Canada, WCK said.
The aid workers were “traveling in a deconflicted zone in two armored cars branded with the WCK logo and a soft skin vehicle,” the statement said.
“Despite coordinating movements with the [Israeli army], the convoy was hit as it was leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought to Gaza on the maritime route,” WCK added.
Earlier five people were reported to have been killed in the attack.
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