The bloodiest-ever Gaza war erupted with the October 7 attacks which resulted in about 1,160 deaths in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on April 2 that its armed forces “unintentionally” killed seven aid workers in an air strike in Gaza.
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The seven victims worked for the U.S.-based World Central Kitchen (WCK), which has been delivering food aid to war-torn Gaza by sea from Cyprus.
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Israel Prime Minister said, “Unfortunately, in the last day there was a tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people in the Gaza Strip,” as he left from hospital in Jerusalem after hernia operation.
“It happens in war, we will investigate it right to the end… We are in contact with the governments, and we will do everything so that this thing does not happen again.”
It paused its Gaza operations after what it called the “targeted Israeli strike” on April 1. It said those killed were “from Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom, a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada, and Palestine”.
Israeli military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari earlier said that he had talked to WCK founder celebrity chef Jose Andres to express their “deepest condolences”.
Netanyahu’s admission comes after a massive international backlash led by allies like the United States and Britain. The aid workers were killed in a deadly strike in the Gaza Strip as they unloaded desperately needed aid brought by sea to the war-torn territory.
World Central Kitchen, one of the NGOs spearheading the aid efforts, suspended the operations in Gaza after their seven staff members were killed in the strike.
The food charity, founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, said a “targeted Israeli strike” killed Australian, British, Palestinian, Polish and US-Canadian staff.
Footage showed the bodies, several wearing protective gear with the charity’s logo, at a hospital in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah.
“The Israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing. It needs to stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians and aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon,” he wrote on X.
U.N. agencies have warned repeatedly that northern Gaza is on the verge of famine, calling the situation a man-made crisis. US National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson stated, “Humanitarian aid workers must be protected as they deliver aid that is desperately needed.”
Israel’s retaliatory campaign, aimed at destroying Hamas, has killed at least 32,916 people, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry in Gaza.
The bloodiest-ever Gaza war erupted with the October 7 attacks which resulted in about 1,160 deaths in Israel, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.
