An Israeli airstrike hit a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing five people, including at least three workers with the charity World Central Kitchen, according to Gaza's health ministry.
Israel's military in a statement that it was targeting a militant who allegedly took part in the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel last year. The Israeli military said the attacker had worked with World Central Kitchen and it called on the aid group to investigate its employees in Gaza.
The World Central Kitchen said in a statement that it was "heartbroken" by the news of the strike in Khan Younis and that it was "urgently seeking more details."
The charity said it had no knowledge that any individual in the vehicle had alleged ties to the Oct. 7 attack. World Central Kitchen said it is temporarily pausing operations in Gaza.
The U.S.-based organization, founded by celebrity chef José Andrés and his wife Patricia in 2010, delivers food to people on the front lines of natural and humanitarian disasters.
TVNL Comment: Is there no way to stop these attacks? Israel laughs at the world as it breaks international laws every single day. This has to stop. The US media simply ignores the genocide to which it is complicit.
