Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deplored the “tragic” attack on a World Central Kitchen convoy in the Gaza Strip and He confirmed that it was an “unintentional” attack by the Israeli army on “innocent people.”
Netanyahu, who raised the issue after being discharged from hernia surgery, said his government is in contact with the affected countries and will do “everything possible” to prevent this from happening again, remembering that the investigation has already begun.
“This is happening as part of a war,” he added in a message recorded on video, recalling that the attack took place as part of an offensive launched against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, which has already left about 33,000 dead.
The attack took place in the Deir al-Balah area, in the center of the Gaza Strip, and, according to the organization itself, seven of the dead were British, Polish, Australian, Palestinian and American-Canadian citizens. The VKK explained that the convoy, hit when leaving the warehouse after unloading 100 tons of food, This was agreed upon with the Israeli army.
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For its part, the Islamist group Hamas on Tuesday noted that Israel’s attack on seven WCK workers was part of its “a policy of systematically killing innocent civilians.”
“We condemn in the strongest possible terms the attacks by the Zionist occupation army on workers at the World Central Kitchen in the south of Deir el-Balah,” Hamas said in a statement published by a Gaza newspaper. Felestin.
“This crime once again confirms that the occupiers still insist on their policy systematic killing of defenseless civilians, as well as international aid groups and humanitarian organizations, as part of their efforts to terrorize their workers,” Hamas condemned.
For its part, the Mujahideen Brigades also expressed their “strong” condemnation of this latest “Nazi” attack by Israel, which reflects not only the “Zionist contempt” for “the peoples of the world and the international system”, but also as well as the “support” he enjoys from the United States.
“The continuation of Zionist crimes requires every free person in the world to raise their voice and apply greater pressure to stop the Zionist crimes of genocide in the Gaza Strip. Shame will fall on all those who remain silent and careless,” say the Palestinian Mujahideen.
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The victims’ countries of origin expressed their disagreement and demanded that Israel conduct a swift and transparent investigation into the incident, which Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did. after justifying that this kind of “tragedy” occurs “within the framework of war.”
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World Central Kitchen workers were in the Palestinian enclave on a humanitarian mission, in collaboration with the NGO Open Arms, to create a maritime humanitarian corridor between Cyprus and the Gaza Strip and thus overcome the enormous obstacles Israel had set up for the delivery of aid by land. .
(according to information from Europe Press)