Celebrity chef Jose Andrés met with senators at the U.S. Capitol on March 14 about humanitarian aid to Gaza. Andres said on Monday that “several” of his organization's international volunteers had been lost in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
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Celebrity chef Jose Andrés met with senators at the U.S. Capitol on March 14 about humanitarian aid to Gaza. Andres said on Monday that “several” of his organization's international volunteers had been lost in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
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José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen, which provides meals to people in war and disaster areas, said on Monday that he had lost “several” international volunteers in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it was investigating the report “at the highest level to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident.”
The famous Spanish-born chef said: In a statement regarding X: “Today @WCK lost some of our brothers and sisters in IDF airstrikes in Gaza. My heart breaks and I grieve for my family, friends, and the entire WCK family. .”
World Central Kitchen works in crisis areas around the world. Delivering food and aid to Gaza as UN experts and aid organizations warn that large parts of the population suffer from malnutrition and thousands of people, especially in northern Gaza, are at imminent risk of starvation. had started. The International Court of Justice last week ordered Israel, which denies reports of food shortages, to ensure enough aid reaches Gaza.
A Palestinian paramedic who was part of the team that took the aid worker's body to the hospital told The Associated Press that WCK volunteers were delivering aid to northern Gaza in three-vehicle convoys, and to the southern part of Gaza. He said he was on his way back. When Israeli missiles were attacked. Medic Mahmoud Tabet said he returned to Rafah, where more than 1 million displaced Gazans have taken refuge near Gaza's southern border with Egypt.
The footage, which The Associated Press said was from al-Aqsa hospital in central Gaza, shows at least four bodies, one wearing hazmat suits and one with the WCK logo. He was wearing a t-shirt with a sleeve. Hospital staff said the passports of the deceased showed that one of them was British, another Australian and one Polish. The nationality of the fourth person was not immediately known. Other reports said a Palestinian driver in the Gaza Strip was also killed.
Andres mourned the death of his colleague and condemned Israel's policies in the isolated coastal enclave. Israel invaded last October after the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a major attack on Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking hundreds of hostages in Gaza. Over 130 pieces left.
The Gaza Ministry of Health says more than 32,000 people have been killed in Israeli military attacks in Gaza.
“The Israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing,” Andres told X. “The Israeli government must stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians and aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon. No more innocent lives can be lost. Peace is “Starting with” our common humanity. It has to start now. ”
WCK dispatched three ships from Cyprus and anchored offshore with 400 tons of food in the territory on Monday. This is the group's second delivery by sea. The United States, which is airlifting aid to Gaza, has announced it will build a floating dock offshore to facilitate aid delivery, but it is expected to take several weeks to complete.
