Humanitarian aid organisation World Central Kitchen has said it is pausing its operation in Gaza after a number of its workers were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
World Central Kitchen (WCK) said it was “heartbroken to share” that a vehicle carrying its employees was hit by the strike, confirming earlier claims by both Israeli and Palestinian officials.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) earlier claimed that one of the three aid workers killed was also a “terrorist” who helped orchestrate the 7 October massacre last year.
But WCK’s statement said: “World Central Kitchen had no knowledge that any individual in the vehicle had alleged ties to the October 7th Hamas attack.”
