© Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesOne of the "unintentionally" targeted WCK aid trucks, Monday April 1, 2024.
The Israeli attack that killed seven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity group in Gaza was not a mistake, as the convoy was targeted "systematically, car by car," the group's founder and celebrity chef Jose Andres told Reuters on Wednesday.
Three Britons, a Polish national, an Australian, a Palestinian, and a dual US-Canadian citizen were killed in the incident, which has sparked international condemnation.
Israel's military, the IDF, knew the aid convoy's movements as there had been clear communication between the WCK and IDF, Andres said.
© ReutersWCK founder Jose Andres
The convoy was made up of three cars, including two armored vehicles, which clearly displayed the WCK logo. All three were hit during the strike.
According to the chef, after the IDF attacked the first armored car, the team was able to escape and move to the second armored vehicle. The second car was then attacked, forcing the volunteers to move to the third.
The aid workers tried to communicate to make clear who they were, Reuters cites Andres, but the third car was then hit, "and we saw the consequences of that," he concluded.
Andres' account of the events echoes Tuesday's report in the Haaretz newspaper that said that the IDF bombed the convoy three times intentionally, as it suspected that there was a Hamas operative among the aid workers.
The Israeli leadership apologized for the incident. IDF Chief of General Staff Herzi Halevi called the incident a "grave mistake" and said the military had no intention of harming WCK aid workers. The general blamed the strike on misidentification. Israeli President Isaac Herzog expressed "deep sorrow and sincere apologies" to Andres. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested that such "tragic" and "unintended" incidents happen "in wartime."
Comment: Crocodile tears. Israel has also "accidentally," "unintentionally," destroyed every hospital and university in Gaza.
The air strike was condemned by Israel's staunchest allies the US, UK, and other countries, including those whose nationals were among the dead.
According to the UN, at least 196 humanitarian workers have been killed in Gaza since the start of Israel's offensive six months ago. Hamas has previously accused Israel of targeting aid distribution sites, Reuters notes.
Israel declared war on Hamas after the Palestinian militants carried out a surprise cross-border raid on October 7 last year, killing some 1,100 people and taking more than 200 hostages. The Israeli military campaign has since left nearly 33,000 people dead, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
Reader Comments
Wish they would hurry up and build that Gaza pier, so that the world can see Israel fighter jets strafing and bombing any ships that try to bring aid to Gaza
Any future USS Liberty type of incident will not be so easily consigned to history's memory hole
After watching all the Europa videos it was a real eye opener of seeing all of the dots finally connected as we are going down this rabbit hole. The real bad guys are always the ones that live and the truther or good guys are always assassinated and made evil by the Zionist Nazi Jews, thats just a fact. I have watched this go on starting with Abraham Lincoln, JFK and Bobby Kennedy and others. Eyes wide shut comes to mind.
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I would value your opinions if you so decide to watch all of the videos. I did not see any propaganda but just plane facts of which I believe to be true as well from the people who were there experiencing the atrocities themselves. If you care to elaborate you can always do it in another post that I commit on depending how long it takes you to watch them all. Once I started watching I could not stop kinda like a Sunday video day for me.
Sounds like the US has joined the list of rogue nations that are not cheering on Israel's genocidal war for absolutely no reason other that antisemitism
The isreali apartheid regime believe they can commit their crimes anywhere they want, from Sept 11th, London 7/7, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Iran.
It's time to convince these people that they are not the chosen one's. Bomb isreal until they get the message, or just bomb them back to the stone age. This would bring their existence in line with their thinking and doctrine.
It wouldn't be the first time Israel is targeting those.
If this is true it’s even worst:
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