World Central Kitchen resumes operations in Gaza after seven aid workers killed
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World Central Kitchen resumes aid mission in Gaza after workers killed by airstrikes
The World Central Kitchen plans to resume operations in the Gaza Strip Monday, four weeks after Israeli airstrikes killed seven of its aid workers including one Canadian. The organization suspended food delivery in the region after the attack on three World Central Kitchen vehicles full of food from a nearby warehouse. The aid group says the vehicles were clearly marked and their movements were known to the Israeli military when they were hit. Jacob Flickinger, a 33-year-old military...
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World Central Kitchen will resume operations in Gaza after killing of 7 aid workers
World Central Kitchen announced that it will resume operations in Gaza on Monday, almost one month after seven of its aid workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the enclave. The U.S.-based nonprofit group, founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, suspended operations in Gaza for four weeks after the workers were killed on April 1, according to a statement. The organization identified the aid workers as Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, a 25-year-old Palestinian; Lalzawmi (Zomi) Frankcom, a...
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‘Selfless and strong’: memorial honours World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza
José Andrés, founder of organisation, told mourners gathered at Washington National Cathedral how the loss of his staff ‘should inspire us to do better’The seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli airstrikes represented the “best of humanity” and risked everything “to feed people they did not know and will never meet,” José Andrés, the celebrity chef who founded the organisation, told mourners on Thursday.Speaking at Washington National Cathedral to those gathered to honour the...