Charity Suspends Aid Operations in Gaza After Workers’ Deaths

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International food charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) is suspending its operations in Gaza following the death of seven of its workers in an Israeli air strike.
The charity said those killed were part of an aid convoy that was leaving a warehouse in central Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was conducting a “thorough review” into the incident.
Gaza’s Hamas-run media office also blamed Israel.
WCK is one of the main suppliers of desperately needed aid to Gaza.
According to the charity, the aid convoy was hit while leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, “where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought to Gaza on the maritime route.

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