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Content <p>The deadly Israeli airstrike that killed seven food aid workers in Gaza was “appalling,” two senior EU officials said Wednesday.</p> <p>Israel&#8217;s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Tuesday that the Israel Defense Forces killed the World Central Kitchen workers, but described the strike as unintentional. The <a href="https://wck.org/news/gaza-team-update" target="_blank">charity stressed in a statement</a> that its convoy was hit “despite coordinating movements with the IDF.”</p> <p>Amid an <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-david-cameron-slam-completely-unacceptable-killing-aid-worker-gaza/">outpouring of international condemnation</a> for Israel, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič issued a <a href="https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/gazaisrael-joint-statement-high-representative-and-commissioner-crisis-management-killing_en" target="_blank">joint statement</a> urging “a swift implementation of the announced commitment by the Israeli authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and ensure accountability for those who are responsible.&#8221;</p> <p>&#8220;We recall the Israeli obligation under International Humanitarian Law to protect humanitarian workers at all times,&#8221; they added.&#8221; A high number of humanitarian workers have lost their lives since the beginning of the war in Gaza.&#8221;</p> <p>More than 200 humanitarian workers have been killed since the start of the war, according to Spanish newspaper <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://elpais.com/internacional/2024-04-03/200-trabajadores-humanitarios-muertos-otro-triste-record-de-la-guerra-de-gaza.html?ssm=TW_CC" target="_blank">El País</a>.</p> <p>World Central Kitchen, a U.S.-based organization that said it had supplied 42 million meals over 175 days in Gaza, suspended its operations in the region following the strike.</p> <p>Israel is under growing international pressure over its conduct in Gaza, where more than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed in ongoing bombardments, according to local authorities. Israel&#8217;s military operations began in retaliation for a deadly attack by Hamas militants on its soil on Oct. 7 last year. </p>

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Hidden blurb --- !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::RSSEntry published: 2024-04-03 09:47:42.000000000 Z carlessian_info: news_filer_version: 2 newspaper: Politico EU macro_region: Europe entry_id: !ruby/object:Feedjira::Parser::GloballyUniqueIdentifier is_perma_link: 'false' guid: https://www.politico.eu/?post_type=article&p=4531692 title: EU excoriates Israel for killing food aid workers in Gaza categories: - Aid and development - Human rights - Israel-Hamas war - Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Rule of Law - Politics content: |2 <p>The deadly Israeli airstrike that killed seven food aid workers in Gaza was “appalling,” two senior EU officials said Wednesday.</p> <p>Israel&#8217;s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Tuesday that the Israel Defense Forces killed the World Central Kitchen workers, but described the strike as unintentional. The <a href="https://wck.org/news/gaza-team-update" target="_blank">charity stressed in a statement</a> that its convoy was hit “despite coordinating movements with the IDF.”</p> <p>Amid an <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-david-cameron-slam-completely-unacceptable-killing-aid-worker-gaza/">outpouring of international condemnation</a> for Israel, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Janez Lenarčič issued a <a href="https://www.eeas.europa.eu/eeas/gazaisrael-joint-statement-high-representative-and-commissioner-crisis-management-killing_en" target="_blank">joint statement</a> urging “a swift implementation of the announced commitment by the Israeli authorities to conduct a thorough investigation and ensure accountability for those who are responsible.&#8221;</p> <p>&#8220;We recall the Israeli obligation under International Humanitarian Law to protect humanitarian workers at all times,&#8221; they added.&#8221; A high number of humanitarian workers have lost their lives since the beginning of the war in Gaza.&#8221;</p> <p>More than 200 humanitarian workers have been killed since the start of the war, according to Spanish newspaper <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://elpais.com/internacional/2024-04-03/200-trabajadores-humanitarios-muertos-otro-triste-record-de-la-guerra-de-gaza.html?ssm=TW_CC" target="_blank">El País</a>.</p> <p>World Central Kitchen, a U.S.-based organization that said it had supplied 42 million meals over 175 days in Gaza, suspended its operations in the region following the strike.</p> <p>Israel is under growing international pressure over its conduct in Gaza, where more than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed in ongoing bombardments, according to local authorities. Israel&#8217;s military operations began in retaliation for a deadly attack by Hamas militants on its soil on Oct. 7 last year. </p> summary: Israeli faces growing condemnation for high death toll of humanitarian workers. rss_fields: - title - url - summary - author - categories - published - entry_id - content url: https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-accountability-aid-workers-world-central-kitchen-gaza-israel-benjamin-netanyahu/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication author: Šejla Ahmatović

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