Gaza – United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator Martin Griffiths said on Tuesday that it is not possible to defend those involved in the killing of international aid workers in an Israeli bombing that targeted their convoy in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
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The UN official denounced the event, saying: “All this talk regarding a ceasefire, and this war is still stealing the best of us.”
He stressed that “the actions of those behind this crime cannot be defended,” stressing that “this (war) must stop.”
On Tuesday morning, the organization suspended its operations in Gaza, confirming that 7 of its foreign employees were killed as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted their convoy on Monday evening, despite coordinating their movements with the Israeli army.
She said that the seven people killed in the Israeli bombing in Gaza “were from Australia, Poland, Britain, and had dual American, Canadian, and Palestinian nationalities.”
The Israeli army claimed in a statement on Tuesday that it had opened an “in-depth investigation into the incident through the highest ranks in the army to understand all its circumstances.”
On Tuesday, the United States urged Israel to investigate the targeting of employees of the international charitable organization, stressing the need to protect employees of humanitarian organizations while distributing aid.
On Monday evening, Ismail Al-Thawabta, director of the government media office, accused Israel of bombing a foreign team “in cold blood through warplanes roaming the Gaza Strip and committing the crime of genocide.”
Anadolu correspondent reported that the Israeli army bombed a car belonging to the World Central Kitchen organization, killing a number of people, including foreigners.
Pictures taken by Anatolia Lens showed that the foreigners were wearing clothes and armor bearing the logo of the World Central Kitchen.
The organization (based in the United States), in cooperation with the Spanish “Open Arms” association, organized shipments of humanitarian aid to Gaza, which were sent via two ships that sailed from Cyprus on March 12 and 30.
Since October 7, Israel has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip with American support, leaving tens of thousands of civilian victims, most of them children and women, a humanitarian catastrophe and massive infrastructure destruction, which led to Tel Aviv being brought before the International Court of Justice on charges of “genocide.”
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2024-04-03 09:50:34