Israel–Gaza–Iran WarMiddle East Regional War

IDF kills seven World Central Kitchen workers

_Middle East

Summary

Israeli airstrikes killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers — including nationals from Australia, Poland, UK and Canada — in a convoy that had coordinated its movements with the IDF. The strike triggered the most intense Western diplomatic pressure of the war. Biden called it 'outrageous'.

The sequence of strikes, the aid workers' identities, and Israel's initial and revised explanations.

Diplomatic fallout as Australia, UK and Canada summoned Israeli ambassadors and arms review pressure grew.

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