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| five aid workers, including foreign nationals, lost their lives during an Israeli military strike in Gaza |
Five humanitarians—among them international nationals—lost their lives in a terrible Israeli military strike in Gaza.
Heartbreaking news has been confirmed by local authorities in the besieged area and the nonprofit organization World Central Kitchen. A national of Australia was among the victims, the Australian government has announced. CNN got videos showing the bodies of several people wearing World Central Kitchen vests following the airstrike.
Additionally seen in the video were passports from Australia, Poland, and Britain. World Central Kitchen is essential in feeding communities and areas devastated by disasters.
World Central Kitchen is one of the few relief organizations providing vital meals to the 2.2 million people who are severely food insecure in Gaza.
Aid organizations caution that Israel's limitations on aid and extensive destruction are putting half of Gaza's inhabitants at risk of starvation and famine.
Founder José Andrés highlighted on Twitter the fact that these humanitarians had names and faces. They were people he had served with in a number of crisis-ridden places, including the Bahamas, Indonesia, Morocco, Turkey, Gaza, and the Ukraine. The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said they are looking into the circumstances surrounding this terrible occurrence in detail at the highest levels.
The Australian victim was named as Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. In areas of violence like Gaza, peace, compassion, and humanitarian efforts are desperately needed, as this heartbreaking incident highlights. There is a vacuum that cannot be expressed in words alone with the loss of these humanitarian workers.