
Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Aid workers killed amid ‘man-made famine’
Palestinians carry the body of a World Central Kitchen worker at Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip
Palestinians carry the body of a World Central Kitchen worker at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, the Gaza Strip [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP]
Emergency and security personnel inspect the site of strikes which hit a building annexed to the Iranian Embassy in Syria’s capital Damascus [Louai Beshara/AFP]
International outcry and calls for an urgent investigation continue to mount after an Israeli air attack killed seven aid workers – six foreign nationals and a Palestinian – in Gaza.
Police have clashed with protesters in Israel as hundreds marched towards Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem.
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting over a strike that hit Iran’s consulate in Syria’s Damascus, with Tehran demanding condemnation of the attack from the UN.
The Frankcom family described Zomi as “a kind, selfless and outstanding human being” who had travelled the world “helping others in their time of need”.
He said that a preliminary review of the incident showed that the strikes were not carried out with the intention of killing aid workers but resulted from a “misidentification” of the vehicles in the aid convoy in complex conditions, at night.
The US secretary of state has joined global calls for accountability from Israel after its army the workers of the food aid NGO World Central Kitchen.
Listen to his comments and find out more about the attack that killed seven people in Deir el-Balah:
Blinken urges Israel to investigate killing of the aid workers in Gaza
Australian PM registers discontent with Netanyahu after aid worker’s death
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed his “anger” to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for accountability after an Australian aid worker and six others were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza yesterday.
Albanese said he spoke to Netanyahu by phone, raising his “anger and concern” over the death of Australian national Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom.
Frankcom was working for the NGO World Central Kitchen when one of its aid convoys was at
tacked by the Israeli army in central Gaza.
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