“Our forces unintentionally hit innocent people in Gaza.” Tuesday April 2, Benjamin Netanyahu presented the Israeli strike which killed seven humanitarian workers from the American NGO World Central Kitchen on Monday, as “unintentional”. “This is happening in times of war and we will investigate to the end, promised the Israeli Prime Minister. We are in contact with the governments concerned and we will do everything to ensure that this does not happen again.” Follow our live stream.
Seven humanitarian workers killed. The victims were Australian, British, Polish, Canadian-American and Palestinian, according to World Central Kitchen, which delivers food to the Gaza Strip. “This is completely unacceptable. Australia demands accountability for all those responsible for the deaths of aid workers”said the country’s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. “NoWe urge Israel to promptly investigate what happened.”also reacted a spokesperson for American diplomacy.
LThe Israeli army promises an investigation. Under pressure from the international community, the Israeli army promised to“open an investigation to further examine this serious incident” And “limit the risk of such an event recurring”. According to the NGO, “Despite coordination with the Israeli Defense Forces, the convoy was hit as it was leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid.”
Outraged reactions. The strike is “a message sent by the Israeli army”accuses the NGO Doctors of the World. “We lost a doctor a few months ago,” recalled his vice-president, Jean-François Corty, on franceinfo. “The episode of the al-Chifa hospital shows this well: caregivers, civilians, humanitarian workers fall under indiscriminate bombings.”
An upwardly revised assessment. The Gaza Health Ministry, administered by Hamas, announced a new toll of 32,916 people killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli military operation in response to the October 7 attacks in Israel. In twenty-four hours, 71 additional deaths were recorded. In the north of the enclave, medical teams search the rubble of the al-Chifa hospital to extract wounded and corpses after the withdrawal of the Israeli army.