World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack

{{Short description|2024 Israeli attack in the Gaza Strip}} {{protection padlock|small=yes}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox civilian attack | title = World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack | image = | caption = A [[World Central Kitchen]] car after IDF strike. | map = {{location map | Israel gaza | lat_deg = 31.41681 | lon_deg = 34.329 | label = Aid convoy attacks| label_size = 100 | caption = <!-- blank --> | border = none | float = center}} | partof = the [[Gaza war]] | location = [[Deir al-Balah]], [[Gaza Strip]], [[Israeli-occupied territories|Israeli-occupied]] [[Palestine]] | target = Three [[World Central Kitchen]] cars | date = 1 April 2024 | coordinates = {{coord|31|25|0.05|N|34|19|44.4|E|region:PS-GZA|display=inline,title}} | time = | timezone = | type = [[Drone strikes]] | fatalities = 7 | injuries = | perps = {{military|Israel}} }} {{Campaignbox Gaza war}}

The '''World Central Kitchen aid convoy attack''' occurred on 1 April 2024, when Israeli [[Unmanned combat aerial vehicle|drone]]s targeted a three-car convoy belonging to [[World Central Kitchen]] (WCK) in the [[Gaza Strip]], killing seven aid workers.<ref name=blow/><ref name=probe/> The workers had been overseeing the transfer of a shipment of food from a makeshift pier to a warehouse some distance away in the northern Gaza Strip, which has been pushed close to [[Gaza Strip famine|famine]] by [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip|Israel's invasion]] and [[Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|blockade]] during the [[Gaza war]].<ref name="ap1">{{cite web |last1=Shurafa |first1=Wafaa |last2=Magdy |first2=Samy |last3=Goldenberg |first3=Tia |date=2 April 2024 |title=Gaza medical officials say Israeli strike kills 4 foreign aid workers, driver after delivering food |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-04-01-2024-e75cf75aa88a9133774a883d987115c1 |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=AP news |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403001509/https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-04-01-2024-e75cf75aa88a9133774a883d987115c1 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Inside">{{cite news |last1=Floto |first1=Jo |title=Israel-Gaza: Inside IDF's detailed briefing on aid convoy attack |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68742572 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405125058/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68742572 |archive-date=5 April 2024 |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>

The attack occurred the week after a unanimous [[International Court of Justice]] ruling in the [[South Africa's genocide case against Israel|ongoing Genocide Convention case]] that ordered Israel to ensure the unhindered flow of aid into Gaza.<ref name="BBCICJ" /><ref name=wapowck /><ref name=ajewck /> The [[Israeli military]] (IDF) acknowledged that their drone operators fired three missiles in five minutes at three of the WCK's cars, with some survivors of the first strike boarding the second car, which was minutes later hit by a second missile. Some survivors of the second strike boarding the third car, which was in turn struck by a third missile.<ref name=Inside/> All seven aid workers were killed, and their bodies were sent to [[Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital]]. They held Australian, British, Palestinian, Polish, and dual American-Canadian citizenships.<ref name="ap1" />

Despite the convoy's route having been coordinated in advance, the Israeli military claimed it had been targeting unauthorized gunmen but admitted its commanders had misidentified their location, failed to properly disseminate information about the convoy, and violated rules of engagement by striking all three cars in succession.<ref name="Inside" /> Two officers were dismissed and three more reprimanded, including [[Southern Command (Israel)|Southern Command]] head [[Yaron Finkelman]].<ref name="Frankel">{{cite news |last1=Frankel |first1=Julia |date=6 April 2024 |title=Israel dismisses 2 officers over deadly drone strikes on aid workers in Gaza |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-world-central-kitchen-gaza-aid-workers-69b6176362dafc8e4e2754b2342faa1d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405233732/https://apnews.com/article/israel-world-central-kitchen-gaza-aid-workers-69b6176362dafc8e4e2754b2342faa1d |archive-date=5 April 2024 |access-date=6 April 2024 |work=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-05 |title=Herzi Halevi to reprimand commander of IDF Southern Command over WCK killings |url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-795582 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |language=en |issn=0792-822X}}</ref> WCK founder, Spanish chef [[José Andrés]], accused Israel of deliberately attacking the convoy; the group argued that the military could not credibly investigate itself and called for an independent inquiry.<ref>{{cite web |date=3 April 2024 |title=Chef Jose Andres says Israel targeted his aid workers 'systematically, car by car' |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/chef-jose-andres-says-israel-targeted-his-aid-workers-systematically-car-by-car-2024-04-03/ |website=Reuters}}</ref><ref name="TG1">{{cite web |date=5 April 2024 |title=Israeli inquiry findings on aid worker killings lack credibility, charity says |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/05/israeli-inquiry-blames-wck-aid-killings-on-grave-errors-by-military-personnel |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409013343/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/05/israeli-inquiry-blames-wck-aid-killings-on-grave-errors-by-military-personnel |archive-date=9 April 2024 |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref><ref name="WCKIDF">{{cite web|url=https://wck.org/news/idf-investigation|date=4 April 2024|access-date=4 April 2024|title=WCK calls for independent investigation into IDF strikes|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404065237/https://wck.org/news/idf-investigation|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="RTVE04">{{cite web|url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20240404/guerra-gaza-israel-world-central-kitchen-ataque-joe-biden-netanyahu/16044579.shtml|date=4 April 2024|access-date=4 April 2024|title=World Central Kitchen pide una investigación independiente del ataque israelí a su convoy en Gaza|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404100159/https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20240404/guerra-gaza-israel-world-central-kitchen-ataque-joe-biden-netanyahu/16044579.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> While noting serious failings on the part of the IDF, an Australian government report largely supported the Israeli position.<ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Yosufzai |first=Rashida |title=Killed aid worker's family hopes for 'further action' after Australian review backs Israel's account |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/killed-aid-workers-family-hopes-for-further-action-after-australian-review-backs-israels-account/pdgmwmab8 |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=SBS News |date=2 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Packham">{{Cite news |last=Packham |first=Ben |date=18 July 2024 |title=Mark Binskin report backs Israel's findings on World Central Kitchen drone strike |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/binskin-report-backs-israels-findings-on-world-central-kitchen-drone-strike/news-story/3e2f5bfae1c4784e845503a6fa8e23b6?amp |work=[[The Australian]]}}</ref>

The attack drew widespread international condemnation,<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":10">{{Cite web |last=Narea |first=Nicole |date=2 April 2024 |title=Will Israel let aid workers in Gaza do their jobs? |url=https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2024/4/2/24119339/world-central-kitchen-israel-gaza-idf-killed-andres-wck |access-date=6 April 2024 |website=Vox |language=en |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510124128/https://www.vox.com/world-politics/2024/4/2/24119339/world-central-kitchen-israel-gaza-idf-killed-andres-wck |url-status=live }}</ref> and led WCK and other humanitarian organizations to pause their operations in Gaza.<ref name="ap11">{{cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Aid organizations suspend operations in Gaza after World Central Kitchen workers' deaths |url=https://apnews.com/article/world-central-kitchen-gaza-humanitarian-aid-suspension-4a2d5bfa131ccd9984fe47076880b6b9 |access-date=3 April 2024 |work=AP News |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402222803/https://apnews.com/article/world-central-kitchen-gaza-humanitarian-aid-suspension-4a2d5bfa131ccd9984fe47076880b6b9 |url-status=live }}</ref> Statements made by the Israeli ambassador in Poland on the incident led to a diplomatic spat between the two countries.<ref name="AJ111">{{Citation|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/4/diplomatic-spat-erupts-between-poland-and-israel-after-wck-killings-in-gaza|title=Diplomatic spat erupts between Poland and Israel after WCK killings in Gaza|work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]|date=4 April 2024|access-date=5 April 2024|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404202821/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/4/diplomatic-spat-erupts-between-poland-and-israel-after-wck-killings-in-gaza|url-status=live}}</ref> The event led to allegations from various commentators that Israel is deliberately using starvation as a weapon of war, which is a [[War crimes in the Gaza war|war crime]].<ref name=":10" />

== Background == On 27 October 2023 [[Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip|Israel invaded the Gaza Strip]] in response to the [[October 7 attacks]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Boxerman |first=Aaron |date=1 November 2023 |title=Israel Confirms Deaths of 15 Soldiers in Ground Invasion of Gaza |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/world/middleeast/israel-ground-invasion-gaza-soldiers.html |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231102145125/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/01/world/middleeast/israel-ground-invasion-gaza-soldiers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> A [[Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present)|severe humanitarian crisis]] has developed since the start of the invasion with [[Timeline of the Gaza Strip healthcare collapse|healthcare in a state of collapse]] and shortages of food, clean water, medicine and fuel caused by the [[Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip (2023–present)|Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 November 2023 |title=Fuel Enters Gaza; Telecommunications Partially Restored |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/under-us-pressure-israel-agrees-to-allow-limited-fuel-into-gaza-strip/7360075.html |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=Voice of America |language=en |archive-date=23 February 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240223180208/https://www.voanews.com/a/under-us-pressure-israel-agrees-to-allow-limited-fuel-into-gaza-strip/7360075.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=9 October 2023 |title=Gaza 'soon without fuel, medicine and food' – Israel authorities |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67051292 |access-date=3 April 2024 |work=BBC News |archive-date=9 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009192127/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67051292 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Gaza Strip has had limited [[Humanitarian aid during the Gaza war|humanitarian aid]] allowed through Israeli controlled checkpoints which has exacerbated the crisis.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nolan |first=Stephanie |date=11 January 2024 |title=Looming Starvation in Gaza Shows Resurgence of Civilian Sieges in Warfare |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/health/gaza-israel-hunger-starvation.html |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=The New York Times |archive-date=1 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301042147/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/health/gaza-israel-hunger-starvation.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The drone strikes came hours after the WCK charity, which was also delivering food services in Israel after 7 October,<ref>Ramsey Telhami, [https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/i-resigned-from-the-world-central-kitchen-because-it-refused-to-tell-the-truth-about-the-israeli-genocide-in-gaza/ I resigned from World Central Kitchen because it refused to tell the truth about the Israeli genocide in Gaza] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412015405/https://mondoweiss.net/2024/04/i-resigned-from-the-world-central-kitchen-because-it-refused-to-tell-the-truth-about-the-israeli-genocide-in-gaza/ |date=12 April 2024 }} [[Mondoweiss]] 11 April 2024.</ref> brought a shipload of 100 tonnes of food from Cyprus to the northern [[Gaza Strip]].<ref name="ap1" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Yerushalmy |first=Jonathan |date=4 April 2024 |title=What now for Gaza after World Central Kitchen suspended aid operations? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/04/gaza-world-central-kitchen-aid-operations-explainer |access-date=4 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510124651/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/04/gaza-world-central-kitchen-aid-operations-explainer |url-status=live }}</ref>

In March 2024, experts, such as the [[United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food]], warned that Gaza might already be experiencing [[Gaza Strip famine|famine]]; while Jeremy Konyndyk, the president of [[Refugees International]], stated that "large-scale famine mortality" would soon begin.<ref>* {{cite web |title=UN expert calls for sanctions against Israel as 'famine' may 'be already occurring' in Gaza |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/3/israels-war-on-gaza-live-every-minute-counts-as-hunger-kills-in-gaza?update=2745344 |access-date=6 March 2024 |website=Al Jazeera |archive-date=3 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240303062120/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/3/israels-war-on-gaza-live-every-minute-counts-as-hunger-kills-in-gaza?update=2745344 |url-status=live }} * {{cite web |title=Maritime aid plan 'too little, too late,' former US aid official<!-- "offical" in original --> says |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/9/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ceasefire-by-ramadan-looking-tough-biden-says?update=2759408 |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=Al Jazeera |archive-date=12 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312032621/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/3/9/israels-war-on-gaza-live-ceasefire-by-ramadan-looking-tough-biden-says?update=2759408 |url-status=live }} * {{cite news |last1=Borger |first1=Julian |title='Who is going to distribute it?': the key flaw in US's plan to build aid port in Gaza |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/gaza-floating-port-aid-palestinians-impact?CMP=share_btn_url |access-date=12 March 2024 |website=The Guardian |date=8 March 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510124449/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/07/gaza-floating-port-aid-palestinians-impact?CMP=share_btn_url |url-status=live }}</ref> Widespread civilian [[Casualties of the Gaza war|deaths]] in Gaza and the initial 7 October attack have led to [[War crimes in the Gaza war|accusations of war crimes]] against Israel and Hamas.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Corder |first1=Mike |last2=Frankel |first2=Julia |date=13 October 2023 |title=Experts say Hamas and Israel are committing war crimes in their fight |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-war-crimes-icc-1a42212b95a7f6ce54909fb22e0d681d |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231017222942/https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-gaza-war-crimes-icc-1a42212b95a7f6ce54909fb22e0d681d |url-status=live }}</ref> There have been a number of reported attacks on civilian aid seekers and workers, with more than 173 [[UNRWA]] staff killed by Israeli forces during the [[Gaza war]].<ref name="cbs1" />

There has been [[Gaza war protests in Israel#Anti-Palestinian protests|rhetoric by Israeli politicians against the distribution of aid]] in Gaza. [[Giora Eiland]], a retired Major General, wrote: "In order to make the siege effective, we have to prevent others from assisting in Gaza."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Owen |date=3 April 2024 |title=The slaughter and famine in Gaza is an atrocity foretold. We demand an end to it |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/03/slaughter-famine-gaza-britain-war-rishi-sunak |access-date=4 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510124415/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/03/slaughter-famine-gaza-britain-war-rishi-sunak |url-status=live }}</ref> His words were quoted by the South African delegation at the ICJ.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Application instituting proceedings and request for the indication of provisional measures |url=https://www.icj-cij.org/node/203394 |access-date=4 April 2024 |website=www.icj-cij.org |archive-date=1 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301192443/https://www.icj-cij.org/node/203394 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Three days before the killings the [[International Court of Justice]] (ICJ) had ruled unanimously, in response to a second South African request for additional provisional measures in the [[South Africa's genocide case against Israel|ongoing Genocide Convention case]], ordering Israel to increase the flow of aid into Gaza "without delay" to allow the "provision... of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance". In the ruling the ICJ said Gaza was "no longer facing only a risk of famine" but "famine is setting in" and that, according to UN observers, 31 people, including 27 children, had already died of malnutrition and dehydration.<ref name=wapowck>{{Cite news |first1=Loveday |last1=Morris |first2=Cate |last2=Brown |first3=Claire |last3=Parker |first4=John |last4=Hudson |date=2024-04-02 |title=Israeli strike on World Central Kitchen convoy halts some Gaza aid efforts |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/01/world-central-kitchen-gaza-deaths-wck/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250216214455/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/01/world-central-kitchen-gaza-deaths-wck/ |archive-date=16 February 2025 |access-date=2025-12-18 |work=Washington Post |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first=Sondos |last=Asem |title=How Israel's Gaza aid convoy attack brings Palestinians closer to famine |url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-aid-convoy-attack-brings-palestinians-closer-famine |access-date=2025-12-18 |website=Middle East Eye |language=en}}</ref><ref name=ajewck>{{Cite web |title=Outrage grows over Israel's deadly attack on Gaza aid convoy |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/3/outrage-grows-over-israels-deadly-attack-on-gaza-aid-convoy |access-date=2025-12-18 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref name="BBCICJ">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68691095|title=Top UN court orders Israel to allow food and medical aid into Gaza|date=1 April 2024|access-date=4 April 2024|work=BBC News|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404234636/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-68691095|url-status=live}}</ref>

Two days before the drone strikes, a car of the WCK was hit by an IDF sniper. The WCK filed a complaint with Israel over this incident and demanded a guarantee of safety of their workers.<ref name="haaretz1">{{Cite news |last=Kubovich |first=Yaniv |date=2 April 2024 |title=IDF drone bombed World Central Kitchen aid convoy three times, targeting armed Hamas member who wasn't there |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-02/ty-article/.premium/idf-bombed-wck-aid-convoy-3-times-targeting-armed-hamas-member-who-wasnt-there/0000018e-9e75-d764-adff-9eff29360000 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240402230026/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-02/ty-article/.premium/idf-bombed-wck-aid-convoy-3-times-targeting-armed-hamas-member-who-wasnt-there/0000018e-9e75-d764-adff-9eff29360000 |archive-date=2 April 2024 |work=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref>

== Incident == On 1 April 2024, targeted Israeli [[drone strikes]] killed seven WCK aid workers, who were travelling in three of the WCK's cars in the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref name=blow>{{cite news |title=Israel's killing of aid workers in Gaza is a new blow to humanitarian efforts |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-latest-04-02-2024-d1f24e30a89c771d870e7814a578b7b7 |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=3 April 2024 |archive-date=5 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405033646/https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-latest-04-02-2024-d1f24e30a89c771d870e7814a578b7b7 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=probe>{{cite news |title=Israeli military fires 2 officers as probe blames World Central Kitchen deaths on "mistaken identification" |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-gaza-world-central-kitchen-idf-fires-officers-investigation-blames-mistaken-id/ |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=[[CBS News]] |date=5 April 2024 |archive-date=5 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405114713/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-gaza-world-central-kitchen-idf-fires-officers-investigation-blames-mistaken-id/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Sky News estimates that the strikes occurred between 10:30 and 11&nbsp;pm.<ref>Sam Doak, Olive Enokido-Lineham, [https://news.sky.com/story/gaza-what-we-know-about-israeli-strike-which-killed-aid-workers-13106653 Gaza: What we know about Israeli strike which killed aid workers,'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405093441/https://news.sky.com/story/gaza-what-we-know-about-israeli-strike-which-killed-aid-workers-13106653 |date=5 April 2024 }} [[Sky News]] 3 April 2024</ref> Since the wreckages of the cars were around {{cvt|2.5|km}} apart, ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported that this indicated that some of the cars were able to continue driving after the attack began, and ''[[Financial Times]]'' concluded that the cars were "hit separately".<ref name=Hendrix>{{cite news |last1=Hendrix |first1=Steve |last2=Piper |first2=Imogen |last3=Kelly |first3=Meg |last4=Berger |first4=Miriam |title=How Israeli strikes on a World Central Kitchen convoy in Gaza unfolded |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/02/israel-strike-wck-huamanitarian-convoy/ |date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240403033650/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/02/israel-strike-wck-huamanitarian-convoy/ |archive-date=3 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="ft1" />

World Central Kitchen said that it had coordinated its movements with the Israeli Defense Force when the convoy was hit.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=World Central Kitchen halts operations in Gaza after strike kills staff |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-gaza-foreign-aid-workers-022418033.html |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403043102/https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-gaza-foreign-aid-workers-022418033.html |url-status=live }}</ref> WCK said the strike occurred despite vehicle logos and "coordinating movements" with Israeli forces in the "deconflicted zone".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=7 WCK team members killed in Gaza |url=https://wck.org/news/gaza-team-update |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=World Central Kitchen |language=en-us |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403111639/https://wck.org/news/gaza-team-update |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Haaretz'', citing Israeli defense sources, described that after a drone missile hit one World Central Kitchen car, some of this car's passengers boarded another World Central Kitchen car, which "continued to drive and even notified the people responsible that they were attacked, but, seconds later", this car was also hit by a drone missile; finally the third car picked up some of the wounded from the second car, then a third drone missile struck the third car.<ref name="haaretz1"/>

== Victims == Seven people were killed; they were recovered by the [[Palestine Red Crescent Society]] in a "challenging operation" and taken to [[Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital|Aqsa Martyrs Hospital]] in Deir al-Balah.<ref name="BBC1">{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Israel-Gaza latest news: Israeli strike unintentionally killed Gaza aid workers – Netanyahu |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-68710949 |website=BBC News |access-date=3 April 2024 |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403113246/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-68710949 |url-status=live }}</ref> The victims were seen wearing protective gear showing the charity's logo. They were taken to Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in southern Gaza to be evacuated to Egypt.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Loveday |last2=Brown |first2=Cate |last3=Parker |first3=Claire |last4=Hudson |first4=John |date=2 April 2024 |title=Israeli strike on World Central Kitchen convoy halts some Gaza aid efforts |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/01/world-central-kitchen-gaza-deaths-wck/ |access-date=2 April 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286 |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402155026/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/01/world-central-kitchen-gaza-deaths-wck/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite news |last1=Mpoke Bigg |first1=Matthew |date=2 April 2024 |title=What We Know About the Victims of the World Central Kitchen Strike |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-victims.html?smid=url-share |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402141535/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-victims.html?smid=url-share |url-status=live }}</ref>

Among the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers were confirmed British, Australian, Polish, Palestinian, and dual American-Canadian nationals.<ref name="ap1" /><ref name="cbs1" /><ref name="auto">{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Sikorski reaguje na śmierć Polaka w Strefie Gazy. "Poprosiłem o pilne wyjaśnienia" |trans-title=Sikorski reacts to the death of a Pole in the Gaza Strip. "I asked for urgent explanations" |url=https://www.rmf24.pl/raporty/raport-izrael-w-stanie-wojny/news-sikorski-reaguje-na-smierc-polaka-w-strefie-gazy-poprosilem-,nId,7426672 |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=www.rmf24.pl |language=pl |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403091745/https://www.rmf24.pl/raporty/raport-izrael-w-stanie-wojny/news-sikorski-reaguje-na-smierc-polaka-w-strefie-gazy-poprosilem-,nId,7426672 |url-status=live }}</ref> The three British victims worked for Solace Global, a security company based in [[Poole]], Dorset, England.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 April 2024 |title='Raw and saddened': Security firm pays tribute to British aid workers killed in air strike |url=https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2024-04-03/security-firm-saddened-by-deaths-of-british-aid-workers-killed-in-air-strike |website=[[ITV Meridian]] |access-date=4 April 2024 |archive-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404134620/https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2024-04-03/security-firm-saddened-by-deaths-of-british-aid-workers-killed-in-air-strike |url-status=live }}</ref>

The casualties included: * Saif Abu Taha (Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha), a 26-year-old Palestinian local from Rafah, who had worked as a driver for WCK since the start of the year.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Who were the aid workers killed in Gaza airstrike? What we know about the seven victims of 'grave mistake' by Israeli forces |url=https://news.sky.com/story/who-were-the-aid-workers-killed-in-gaza-airstrike-what-we-know-about-the-seven-victims-of-grave-mistake-by-israeli-forces-13106948 |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=Sky News |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403144442/https://news.sky.com/story/who-were-the-aid-workers-killed-in-gaza-airstrike-what-we-know-about-the-seven-victims-of-grave-mistake-by-israeli-forces-13106948 |url-status=live }}</ref> * Damian Soból, a 35-year-old Polish national from [[Przemyśl]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last1=Armstrong |first1=Kathryn |last2=Atkinson |first2=Emily |last3=Abualouf |first3=Rushdi |date=2 April 2024 |title=World Central Kitchen halts operations in Gaza after strike kills staff |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-68710515 |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402023745/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-68710515 |url-status=live }}</ref> Soból had worked with the WCK since 2022, engaging in relief efforts in [[Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian-invaded Ukraine]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Polak zginął w Strefie Gazy. Kim był Damian Soból? |trans-title=A Pole died in the Gaza Strip. Who was Damian Soból? |url=https://tvn24.pl/swiat/damian-sobol-nie-zyje-polak-zginal-w-strefie-gazy-kim-byl-dlaczego-tam-pojechal-st7848814 |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=TVN24 |language=pl |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402181324/https://tvn24.pl/swiat/damian-sobol-nie-zyje-polak-zginal-w-strefie-gazy-kim-byl-dlaczego-tam-pojechal-st7848814 |url-status=live }}</ref> In February 2023, he traveled to [[2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes|earthquake-stricken]] [[Elbistan]] in Turkey with aid.<ref name=":3" /> In September 2023, he helped [[2023 Al Haouz earthquake|earthquake victims]] in Morocco.<ref name=":3" /> He then helped Gaza refugees in Egypt and later in Gaza itself.<ref name=":3" /> * Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom, a 43-year-old Australian national.<ref name="roberts2024" /><ref name=":6" /> * James Henderson, a 33-year-old British national who had served in the [[Royal Marines]], was a private security contractor with Solace Global.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Benedict |last2=Tait |first2=Albert |last3=Riley-Smith |first3=Ben |last4=Murphy |first4=Michael |date=2 April 2024 |title=British aid workers killed in Israeli air strike named |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/02/israel-hamas-war-latest-british-aid-worker-gaza-air-strike/ |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403051348/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/04/02/israel-hamas-war-latest-british-aid-worker-gaza-air-strike/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * John Antony Chapman, a 57-year-old British national who had served in the Royal Marines, was a private security contractor with Solace Global.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":5" /> * James Kirby, a 47-year-old British national.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Khalil |first1=Hafsa |last2=Abualouf |first2=Rushdi |date=2 April 2024 |title=Who were the World Central Kitchen workers killed in Gaza? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68711282 |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=BBC News |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402133932/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68711282 |url-status=live }}</ref> He was a former soldier and a private security contractor with Solace Global.<ref name=":6" /> * Jacob Flickinger, a 33-year-old dual Canadian-American citizen from [[Quebec]]. He was a former soldier in the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] as an infantryman in the [[Royal 22nd Regiment]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Woods |first=Allan |date=2 April 2024 |title=Allies call for answers after Israeli airstrike kills seven aid workers, including 33-year-old Canadian |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/allies-call-for-answers-after-israeli-airstrike-kills-seven-aid-workers-including-33-year-old/article_fac7dd82-f0c9-11ee-a4f1-03fb67f6dc3e.html |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=[[Toronto Star]] |language=en |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403012028/https://www.thestar.com/news/world/allies-call-for-answers-after-israeli-airstrike-kills-seven-aid-workers-including-33-year-old/article_fac7dd82-f0c9-11ee-a4f1-03fb67f6dc3e.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="roberts2024" />

==Perpetrators== The IDF identified two of its soldiers who it said were responsible for the killings, and whom it fired. The senior of the two is commander {{Interlanguage link|Nochi Mendel|he|נוחי מנדל}}, a [[Israeli settlement|West Bank settler]] and "religious nationalist".<ref name=tel /> In January 2024, Mandel, along with 130 other IDF reserve officers and commanders, signed an open letter imploring that Gaza be deprived of humanitarian aid and that "humanitarian supplies and the operation of hospitals inside Gaza City" not be allowed.<ref name=tel />

Leading UK barrister [[Michael Mansfield]] reckoned the letter "is plainly relevant to a particular state of mind" of those behind the bombings, indicating that "the target of the Israeli army is [not] primarily Hamas but Gaza as a whole by weaponising aid under siege conditions."<ref name=tel>{{Cite web |first1=Paul |last1=Nuki |first2=Lilia |last2=Sebouai |first3=Samuel |last3=Lovett |date=12 April 2024 |title=Top IDF commander in aid strike wanted to block humanitarian supplies into Gaza |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/israel-hamas-war-gaza-idf-aid-strike-world-central-kitchen/ |access-date=13 April 2024 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |language=en |archive-date=13 April 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240413091739/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/terror-and-security/israel-hamas-war-gaza-idf-aid-strike-world-central-kitchen/ | url-status=live}}</ref>

== Immediate reactions == Countries, officials, and organizations that denounced the attack include: the [[European Commission]], Iran, Jordan, the United Nations's emergency relief chief [[Martin Griffiths]], [[Norwegian Refugee Council]], [[Proactiva Open Arms|Open Arms]], who were delivering food with WCK, Scotland, [[World Health Organization|WHO]] Director General [[Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus]] and [[World Food Programme]] Chief [[Cindy McCain]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812458|title=Global condemnation of World Central Kitchen killings|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=2 April 2024|access-date=2 April 2024|archive-date=2 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402122108/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812458|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== World Central Kitchen === [[File:U.S. Ambassador Brink tours World Central Kitchen in Ukraine, June 2, 2022 (52117421378).jpg|thumb|José Andrés (left), founder of the World Central Kitchen, seen here in 2022 during the Russian invasion of Ukraine]] José Andrés, the founder of the World Central Kitchen charity, wrote: "I am heartbroken and grieving for their families and friends and our whole WCK family. These are people ... angels ... I served alongside in Ukraine, [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]], Turkey, Morocco, Bahamas, Indonesia. They are not faceless ... they are not nameless."<ref name="cbs1">{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/central-world-kitchen-aid-workers-killed-airstrike-gaza/|work=CBS News|title=7 people, including 6 World Central Kitchen aid workers, killed by apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza, officials say|access-date=2 April 2024|date=2 April 2024|archive-date=3 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403042115/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/central-world-kitchen-aid-workers-killed-airstrike-gaza/|url-status=live}}</ref> He called on Israel to stop "indiscriminate killing," continuing that "It needs to stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians and aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon."<ref name="BBC 2 Apr">{{cite news |last1=Halpert |first1=Madeline |title=World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés criticises Israel over aid workers' deaths |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68716066 |work=BBC News |date=2 April 2024 |access-date=3 April 2024 |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403112401/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68716066 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a separate statement, Andrés said: "The air strikes on our convoy were not just some unfortunate mistake in the fog of war. It was a direct attack on clearly marked vehicles whose movements were known by the IDF."<ref name="TOI 3 Apr">{{cite news |last1=Majid |first1=Jacob |title=IDF chief 'sorry' as details emerge of strike that picked off Gaza aid cars one by one |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-chief-sorry-as-details-emerge-of-strike-that-picked-off-gaza-aid-cars-one-by-one/?utm_source=article_hpsidebar&utm_medium=desktop_site&utm_campaign=world-central-kitchen-names-seven-heroes-killed-in-idf-strike-on-gaza-aid-convo |work=TOI |publisher=Times of Israel |date=3 April 2024 |access-date=3 April 2024 |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403052846/https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-chief-sorry-as-details-emerge-of-strike-that-picked-off-gaza-aid-cars-one-by-one/?utm_source=article_hpsidebar&utm_medium=desktop_site&utm_campaign=world-central-kitchen-names-seven-heroes-killed-in-idf-strike-on-gaza-aid-convo |url-status=live }}</ref> Andrés made another video statement in which he accused the IDF of systematically and deliberately targeting aid workers to kill everyone in the convoy. He demanded a neutral entity above the IDF conduct the investigation.<ref>{{Citation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/apr/03/aid-workers-killed-in-gaza-targeted-deliberately-says-charity-founder-video|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=Aid workers killed in Gaza 'targeted deliberately', says charity founder – video|date=3 April 2024|access-date=4 April 2024|language=en|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404161116/https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/apr/03/aid-workers-killed-in-gaza-targeted-deliberately-says-charity-founder-video|url-status=live}}</ref>

WCK chief executive Erin Gore said: "This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war. This is unforgivable."<ref name="NN">{{cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=World Central Kitchen pauses operations as seven killed in Gaza air strike |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2024/04/02/world-central-kitchen-operations-gaza-strike/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402084908/https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2024/04/02/world-central-kitchen-operations-gaza-strike/ |archive-date=2 April 2024 |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=The National}}</ref> Gore continued: "We—World Central Kitchen and the world—lost beautiful lives today because of a targeted attack by the IDF."<ref name="ft1">{{cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/aa309a9c-9c60-48ac-8f27-e40ba046776e|title=US urges Israel to investigate after Gaza air strike kills seven aid workers|work=Financial Times|date=2 April 2024|access-date=2 April 2024|archive-date=3 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403115430/https://www.ft.com/content/aa309a9c-9c60-48ac-8f27-e40ba046776e|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Victims' relatives === The family of Zomi Frankcom expressed to ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' their demands for an investigation and war crimes charges for those found culpable.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knott |first=Matthew |date=3 April 2024 |title='This shouldn't have happened': Aid worker's family backs war crimes investigation |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/this-shouldn-t-have-happened-aid-worker-s-family-calls-for-war-crimes-investigation-20240403-p5fh5t.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404174734/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/this-shouldn-t-have-happened-aid-worker-s-family-calls-for-war-crimes-investigation-20240403-p5fh5t.html |archive-date=4 April 2024 |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> The parents of Jacob Flickinger called his death a "crime", they rejected Israel's apology, requested an independent investigation and for the US to cease [[United States support for Israel in the Gaza war|providing military aid]] to Israel while they use "food as a weapon".<ref name="BBC 4 Apr JF">{{cite news |last1=Bateman |first1=Tom |last2=Halpert |first2=Madeline |date=4 April 2024 |title=Jacob Flickinger: Parents condemn son's death in Gaza as a 'crime' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68737037 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405130719/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-68737037 |archive-date=5 April 2024 |access-date=5 April 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref> James Henderson's brother said that the killings of people on a humanitarian mission was "inexcusable". "Accountability is the only hope of justice I have", he said. "I don't believe our government will hold the correct people to account, but I guarantee that our government will sell weapons to Israel, which may in turn be used to kill our fellow citizens. It's hard to comprehend that."<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 April 2024 |title=Brother of aid worker killed in Gaza criticises arming Israel |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68729302 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407143413/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-68729302 |archive-date=7 April 2024 |access-date=7 April 2024 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Israel === An Israeli military source told army radio that the attack was "the worst Israel has seen in the war."<ref name="NN" /> Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the attack as a tragic incident where Israeli forces unintentionally hit innocent people.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 April 2024 |title=Aid group says Israeli strike killed 7; Netanyahu says civilians hit 'unintentionally' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/02/israel-hamas-war-news-gaza-palestine/ |access-date=2 April 2024 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> The IDF said that it is "conducting a thorough review at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident."<ref name="cnn1">{{cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Foreigners among World Central Kitchen staff killed in Israeli strike, Gaza authorities and aid group say |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/01/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-killed-gaza-intl-hnk/index.html |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=CNN |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402033601/https://edition.cnn.com/2024/04/01/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-killed-gaza-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The IDF eventually took responsibility and apologized, saying that the Israeli attack was "a mistake that followed a misidentification, at night".<ref>{{cite web|title='We are sorry': IDF chief says 'misidentification' led to strike on aid convoy|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/we-are-sorry-idf-chief-says-misidentification-led-to-strike-on-aid-convoy/|access-date=3 April 2024|work=The Times of Israel|first=Jacob|last=Magid|date=3 April 2024|archive-date=2 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402234947/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/we-are-sorry-idf-chief-says-misidentification-led-to-strike-on-aid-convoy/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Hamas=== [[Hamas]] condemned the drone strikes in a statement and urged the international community to take action: "This crime once again confirms that [[Israeli-occupied territories|the occupation]] continues its policy of deliberate killing of innocent civilians, international relief teams, and humanitarian organizations, in its efforts to terrorize those working in them and prevent them from carrying out their humanitarian duties."<ref name="cnn1" />

=== International === [[File:Foreign Minister Penny Wong Wreath Laying at International Humanitarian Memorial (000148167).jpg|thumb|[[Penny Wong]], Minister of Foreign Affairs, lays a wreath at a memorial for Zomi Frankcom in Australia]] * {{flagu|Australia}} − Prime Minister [[Anthony Albanese]] described the death of Australian national Zomi Frankcom as "completely unacceptable", and that the [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)]] had requested an explanation from the Israeli ambassador.<ref name="roberts2024">{{Cite news |last=Roberts |first=Georgia |date=2 April 2024 |title=Australian aid worker 'Zomi' Frankcom killed by apparent Israeli air strike |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-02/australian-aid-worker-dies-in-airstrike-in-central-gaza/103656546 |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=[[ABC News (Australia)]] |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402000142/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-02/australian-aid-worker-dies-in-airstrike-in-central-gaza/103656546 |url-status=live }}</ref> DFAT stated that it was seeking from the Israeli government "a thorough and expeditious review".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Death of Lalzawmi 'Zomi' Frankcom |url=https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/death-lalzawmi-zomi-frankcom |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=foreignminister.gov.au |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402082832/https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/death-lalzawmi-zomi-frankcom |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|Belgium}} − Foreign Minister [[Hadja Lahbib]] stated that "Aid workers do essential work and must be protected, just like civilians," also adding that "too many of them are victims of the conflict in Gaza".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Israel's war on Gaza live: 'Outrage' after 7 aid workers killed in air raid |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812342 |website=Al Jazeera |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510124420/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812342 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|Brazil}} − In a press release, Brazil's [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] expressed its deep dismay by the attack, while also deploring "the deaths of Palestinian civilians and health workers and the damage caused by military action in recent weeks," specifically mentioning the destruction of [[Al-Shifa Hospital]]. The ministry also called for compliance with the [[UN Security Council]] [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2728|resolution adopted on 25 March]] calling for a ceasefire in the conflict, and recalled "the binding nature of provisional measures" indicated by an order by the [[International Court of Justice]] on 26 January, calling on Israel to take steps to prevent [[Gaza genocide|genocide]] in the conflict.<ref>{{cite web |title=Press Release N. 144. Attack on humanitarian aid workers and hospital in the Gaza Strip |url=https://www.gov.br/mre/en/contact-us/press-area/press-releases/attack-against-humanitarian-aid-workers-and-a-hospital-in-the-gaza-strip |website=gov.br |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)|Ministério das Relações Exteriores]] |access-date=14 April 2024 |date=4 April 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510070922/https://www.gov.br/mre/en/contact-us/press-area/press-releases/attack-against-humanitarian-aid-workers-and-a-hospital-in-the-gaza-strip |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|Canada}} − Foreign minister [[Mélanie Joly]] called for a full investigation into the attack.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/3/israels-war-on-gaza-live-condemnation-of-israel-over-aid-worker-killings?update=2814911 |title=Canada wants full investigation into killing of aid workers |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=3 April 2024 |access-date=4 April 2024 |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403165715/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/3/israels-war-on-gaza-live-condemnation-of-israel-over-aid-worker-killings?update=2814911 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|China}} − China said it was "shocked" and denounced the Israeli attack; Foreign Ministry spokesman [[Wang Wenbin]] stated that "China opposes all acts that harm civilians, damage civilian facilities, and violate international law,"<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2 April 2024 |title=China 'Shocked', Condemns Gaza Strike That Killed Seven Aid Workers |url=https://www.barrons.com/news/china-shocked-condemns-gaza-strike-that-killed-seven-aid-workers-af933514 |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=[[Barrons]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403061028/https://www.barrons.com/news/china-shocked-condemns-gaza-strike-that-killed-seven-aid-workers-af933514 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|Colombia}} − In a press release, Colombia's [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Colombia)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] expressed solidarity with the victims' families and the WCK, while urging Israel to "guarantee the protection of NGO:s present" in the Gaza Strip, as well as to follow [[international humanitarian law]]. The ministry also called for an "exhaustive and independent" investigation into the aerial attack and reiterated the importance of guaranteeing access to humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cancillería se solidariza con la muerte de trabajadores de World Central Kitchen en Gaza |url=https://www.rtvcnoticias.com/cancilleria-solidaridad-trabajadores-world-central-kitchen |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=RTVC Noticias |date=4 April 2024 |language=es |archive-date=29 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429155122/https://www.rtvcnoticias.com/cancilleria-solidaridad-trabajadores-world-central-kitchen |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|Cyprus}} − Cyprus' [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cyprus)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] called for a "swift and conclusive" investigation and said that international and humanitarian law is "absolute,"<ref name="cbs1" /> adding that "[h]umanitarian aid workers must always be respected and protected."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812164 |title=Cyprus condemns killings of World Central Kitchen workers |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=2 April 2024 |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510124442/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812164 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|Egypt}} − The Egyptian [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Egypt)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] stated that the killings were "blatant" violations of international law and called for a full investigation into the attack.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812445 |title=Egypt condemns killing of World Central Kitchen aid workers |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=2 April 2024 |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510131142/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812445 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|France}} – Speaking at a press conference following talks with his US counterpart [[Antony Blinken]] in Paris, French Foreign Minister [[Stéphane Séjourné]] "strongly condemned" the Israeli airstrike, adding: "The protection of humanitarian personnel is a moral and legal imperative that everyone must adhere to."<ref>{{cite news |title=France condemns killing of Gaza NGO workers as US pressed to toughen stance with Israel |url=https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20240403-france-condemns-killing-of-gaza-ngo-workers-as-us-pressed-to-toughen-stance-with-israel |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=[[Radio France Internationale]] |date=3 April 2024 |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416192120/https://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20240403-france-condemns-killing-of-gaza-ngo-workers-as-us-pressed-to-toughen-stance-with-israel |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|Germany}} – German Foreign Minister [[Annalena Baerbock]] called for a swift investigation by the Israeli government into the attack, which she described as a "terrible incident." She also expressed her sympathies to the victims' families.<ref>{{cite news |title=German minister demands investigation into Gaza aid worker deaths |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/german-minister-demands-investigation-gaza-161418885.html?guccounter=1 |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=[[Yahoo! News]] |date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510131248/https://gum.criteo.com/syncframe?origin=publishertag&topUrl=www.yahoo.com&gdpr=0&gdpr_consent=&us_privacy=1YNN&gpp=DBABBg~BVoIgACA.QA&gpp_sid=8 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|Ireland}} − Foreign and Defense Minister [[Micheál Martin]] said that he was "[a]ppalled by the deaths of humanitarian workers in an Israeli strike, killed providing life-saving aid to the people of Gaza."<ref name ="aje2812850">{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812850|title='Full accountability is needed' after deadly attack on aid workers|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=2 April 2024|access-date=2 April 2024|archive-date=2 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402125338/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812850|url-status=live}}</ref> * {{flagu|Mexico}} − During a press conference, Mexican President [[Andrés Manuel López Obrador]] expressed his condolences to friends and families of the victims of the attack, while recalling the humanitarian work done by the WCK in Mexico during [[Hurricane Otis]]. López Obrador also joined calls for a ceasefire in what he referred to as "this inhuman war."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Domínguez |first1=Pedro |title=AMLO pide alto al fuego en Gaza tras ataque a trabajadores de World Central Kitchen |url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/amlo-llama-alto-fuego-gaza-ataque-voluntarios-wck |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=[[Milenio]] |date=5 April 2024 |language=es |archive-date=6 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406014648/https://www.milenio.com/politica/amlo-llama-alto-fuego-gaza-ataque-voluntarios-wck |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|Poland}} − President [[Andrzej Duda]] expressed his feelings of deep sorrow over the death of the volunteers, and also stated that "this tragedy should never have happened and must be investigated."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Duda reaguje po śmierci Polaka w Gazie. "Tragedia ta musi zostać wyjaśniona" |trans-title=Duda reacts after the death of a Pole in Gaza. "This tragedy must be explained" |url=https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/duda-reaguje-po-smierci-polaka-w-gazie-tragedia-ta-musi-zostac-wyjasniona-7012555575425600a |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=Wiadomości |language=pl |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402180410/https://wiadomosci.wp.pl/duda-reaguje-po-smierci-polaka-w-gazie-tragedia-ta-musi-zostac-wyjasniona-7012555575425600a |url-status=live }}</ref> Foreign Minister [[Radosław Sikorski]] expressed condolences for the Polish citizen's death, and said that he asked for "urgent explanations" from Israel's ambassador to Poland.<ref name="auto"/> The Israeli ambassador was summoned to the Polish [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Poland)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] for a series of controversial responses against the accusations of the drone strikes. (See {{Section link|2=Diplomacy|nopage=y}}) The Polish side demanded the ambassador to participate in the Przemyśl district prosecutor's office for the investigation, full access to information, and the payment of compensation to Soból's family.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title="Ambasador Izraela przeprosił". Jakow Liwne wezwany do MSZ po ataku, w którym zginął Polak |url=https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art40117711-ambasador-izraela-jakow-liwne-wezwany-do-msz-po-ataku-w-ktorym-zginal-polak |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405112413/https://www.rp.pl/polityka/art40117711-ambasador-izraela-jakow-liwne-wezwany-do-msz-po-ataku-w-ktorym-zginal-polak |archive-date=5 April 2024 |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=Rzeczpospolita |language=pl}}</ref> Poland also called for respect for the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 2728|March 25 UN Security Council resolution]], which calls for a ceasefire in the [[Gaza Strip]] and humanitarian convoys to Gaza not to be blocked.<ref name=":8" /> * {{flagu|Qatar}} − Qatar's [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Qatar)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] said that it "strongly condemns" the attack and considers it as a "shocking crime, in violation of international and humanitarian laws."<ref>{{cite news |date=2 April 2024 |title=Qatar condemns Israeli attack on World Central Kitchen team |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2813341 |access-date=4 April 2024 |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403172635/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2813341 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|Spain}} − Prime Minister [[Pedro Sánchez]] said he was "expecting and demanding an explanation from the Israeli government" for the deaths of the seven aid workers. Before that, he tweeted he was "horrified" by the attacks.<ref name="rtve">{{cite web |url=https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20240402/sanchez-exige-explicaciones-israel-por-muerte-siete-cooperantes-ong-chef-jose-andres/16040742.shtml |title=Sánchez exige explicaciones a Israel por la muerte de los siete cooperantes de la ONG del chef José Andrés en Gaza |trans-title=Sánchez demands explanations from Israel for the death of the seven collaborators of the NGO of chef José Andrés in Gaza |work=RTVE |date=2 April 2024 |access-date=3 April 2024 |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403055756/https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20240402/sanchez-exige-explicaciones-israel-por-muerte-siete-cooperantes-ong-chef-jose-andres/16040742.shtml |url-status=live }}</ref> After the explanations given by the IDF and Prime Minister Netanyahu, Sánchez deemed them "completely unacceptable and insufficient."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Monrosi |first=José Enrique |date=3 April 2024 |title=Sánchez califica de "inaceptables" las explicaciones de Israel sobre la muerte de los cooperantes de José Andrés |url=https://www.eldiario.es/politica/sanchez-califica-inaceptables-explicaciones-israel-muerte-cooperantes-jose-andres_1_11260800.html |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=elDiario.es |language=es |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403182301/https://www.eldiario.es/politica/sanchez-califica-inaceptables-explicaciones-israel-muerte-cooperantes-jose-andres_1_11260800.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|United Arab Emirates}} − The [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (United Arab Emirates)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] of the United Arab Emirates condemned the deaths of the seven people, held Israel responsible and called for an investigation into the attack.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2813117|title=UAE condemns Israeli attack on World Central Kitchen team|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=2 April 2024|access-date=4 April 2024|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404202747/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2813117|url-status=live}}</ref> The UAE also paused their aid to Gaza after the attack.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2813550 |title=UAE pauses aid to Gaza by sea after Israeli strike kills aid workers: Report |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=2 April 2024 |access-date=4 April 2024 |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403171634/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2813550 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|United Kingdom}} − Foreign Secretary [[David Cameron]] called on Israel to provide a transparent explanation for the attack,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812658 |title=UK demands 'transparent' Israeli probe into deadly charity attack |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=2 April 2024 |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=2 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402120801/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812658 |url-status=live }}</ref> while Prime Minister [[Rishi Sunak]] said he was "shocked and saddened" by the killing of at least one British volunteer during the attack.<ref name ="aje2812850"/> The [[Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office]] summoned the Israeli ambassador.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FCDO summons Israeli Ambassador over death of aid workers |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fcdo-summons-israeli-ambassador-over-death-of-aid-workers |access-date=2 April 2024 |website=GOV.UK |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403112146/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/fcdo-summons-israeli-ambassador-over-death-of-aid-workers |url-status=live }}</ref> ** {{flagu|Scotland}} − First Minister [[Humza Yousaf]] called for an immediate end to arms sales from the UK to Israel, saying: "The civilian death toll is intolerable, as is the killing of humanitarian workers who deliver vital aid to Palestinians facing starvation and violence at the hands of this Israeli government. By not stopping arms sales to Israel, the UK is in danger of being complicit in the killing of innocent civilians."<ref name="SGov">{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.scot/publications/call-ban-arms-sales-israel-letter-prime-minister/|title=Call for ban on arms sales to Israel: letter to Prime Minister|date=3 April 2024|access-date=4 April 2024|archive-date=4 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404101450/https://www.gov.scot/publications/call-ban-arms-sales-israel-letter-prime-minister/|url-status=live}}</ref> * {{flagu|United States}} − President [[Joe Biden]] condemned the attack, saying that he was "outraged and heartbroken", criticizing Israel for having "not done enough to protect aid workers trying to deliver desperately needed help to civilians", while stating that the "United States has repeatedly urged Israel to deconflict their military operations against Hamas with humanitarian operations, in order to avoid civilian casualties".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vock |first1=Ido |last2=Turnbull |first2=Tiffanie |title=Biden 'outraged' over Israel strike on World Central Kitchen staff in Gaza |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68716499 |access-date=3 April 2024 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=3 April 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510131156/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68716499 |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|Vatican City}} − [[Pope Francis]] condemned the attack by Israel and called for peace in Gaza and Ukraine.<ref name=":9">{{cite news |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/3/israels-war-on-gaza-live-condemnation-of-israel-over-aid-worker-killings?update=2814757 |title=Pope condemns aid worker killings as he calls for peace in Gaza and Ukraine |website=[[Al Jazeera]] |date=2 April 2024 |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=3 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403104516/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/3/israels-war-on-gaza-live-condemnation-of-israel-over-aid-worker-killings?update=2814757 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/pope-deplores-deaths-gaza-ukraine-folly-war-2024-04-03/|work=[[Reuters]]|title=Pope deplores deaths in Gaza and Ukraine from 'folly of war'|date=3 April 2024|access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref>

=== Supranational === * {{flagu|European Union}} − EU Foreign Policy Chief [[Josep Borrell]] said: "I condemn the attack and urge an investigation. Despite all the demands to protect civilians and humanitarian workers, we see new innocent casualties." He continued: "This shows that the [UN Security Council] resolution asking for an immediate ceasefire, full humanitarian access and a reinforced protection of civilians must be immediately implemented."<ref name="ft1" /> [[Janez Lenarčič]], the [[European Commissioner for Crisis Management]], tweeted: "I condemn yet another deadly attack on humanitarian workers in #Gaza. This must stop. Now. #ceasefire"<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Walters |first1=Joanna |last2=Belam |first2=Martin |last3=Lowe |first3=Yohannes |last4=Fulton |first4=Adam |date=2 April 2024 |title=Middle East crisis: Israel criticised for strike that killed seven aid workers in Gaza – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/02/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-war-today-gaza-foreign-aid-workers-killed-idf-investigation |access-date=3 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510125002/https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/apr/02/middle-east-crisis-live-updates-israel-gaza-war-today-gaza-foreign-aid-workers-killed-idf-investigation |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|NATO}} − During a press conference held in [[Brussels]], NATO General Secretary [[Jens Stoltenberg]] stated: "What we see now in Gaza now is a humanitarian catastrophe. We see suffering, we see that civilians are killed, and we also saw the strike against aid workers and I condemn the strike." Stoltenberg also said he was grateful for Israel taking steps to investigate what happened.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stoltenberg condena el ataque israelí en el que murieron siete cooperantes de la ONG World Central Kitchen |url=https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-stoltenberg-condena-ataque-israeli-murieron-siete-cooperantes-ong-world-central-kitchen-20240403175114.html |access-date=14 April 2024 |agency=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]] |date=3 April 2024 |language=es |archive-date=8 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408221755/https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-stoltenberg-condena-ataque-israeli-murieron-siete-cooperantes-ong-world-central-kitchen-20240403175114.html |url-status=live }}</ref> * {{flagu|United Nations}} − Secretary-General [[António Guterres]] described the Israeli airstrikes as "unconscionable," while highlighting the number of aid workers killed in the ongoing conflict. He also reiterated that the [[UN Security Council]] resolution passed on 25 March calling for a ceasefire "must be implemented without delay."<ref>{{cite web |title=UN / Human Security|url=https://media.un.org/unifeed/en/asset/d319/d3192187 |website=[[UN Web TV]] |access-date=14 April 2024 |date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510070919/https://media.un.org/unifeed/en/asset/d319/d3192187 |url-status=live }}</ref> UN humanitarian chief [[Martin Griffiths]] said he was "outraged" by the attack, calling the actions of those responsible "indefensible."<ref>{{cite news |title=World Central Kitchen says Israeli airstrike kills 7 of its staff in Gaza |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/australia-demands-accountability-after-aid-workers-killed-in-apparent-israeli-airstrike-in-gaza/7552945.html |access-date=14 April 2024 |work=[[Voice of America]] |date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=16 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240416161722/https://www.voanews.com/a/australia-demands-accountability-after-aid-workers-killed-in-apparent-israeli-airstrike-in-gaza/7552945.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Others === * [[Islamic Relief]] − The humanitarian group condemned the attack and said that it is "outraged by yet another deadly attack on humanitarian workers."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812683|title=Islamic Relief condemns killings of World Central Kitchen workers|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=2 April 2024|access-date=2 April 2024|archive-date=2 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402120831/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812683|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Norwegian Refugee Council]] − Secretary-General [[Jan Egeland]] shared his condolences over the killings, stating that "[n]owhere else are so many aid workers killed."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812249|title=Norwegian Refugee Council condemns aid worker killings|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|date=2 April 2024|access-date=2 April 2024|archive-date=2 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402092440/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/4/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-five-aid-workers-killed-after-delivering-food?update=2812249|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Aftermath ==

=== Effects on humanitarian efforts in Gaza === Humanitarian and aid organizations operating in the [[Gaza Strip]] suspended their operations after the attack.<ref name="ap11" /> Among them are [[American Near East Refugee Aid|Anera]] and [[Project HOPE]], with Anera's media relations officer Steve Fake stating that "the blatant nature of the attack on WCK's convoy has proven that aid workers are currently under attack".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Aid organizations suspend operations in Gaza after World Central Kitchen workers' deaths |url=https://apnews.com/article/world-central-kitchen-gaza-humanitarian-aid-suspension-4a2d5bfa131ccd9984fe47076880b6b9 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510130812/https://apnews.com/article/world-central-kitchen-gaza-humanitarian-aid-suspension-4a2d5bfa131ccd9984fe47076880b6b9 |archive-date=10 May 2024 |access-date=4 April 2024 |website=AP News}}</ref> Due to the strike, WCK aid ships going to Gaza carrying 240 tons of aid have returned to Cyprus, citing safety concerns.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 April 2024 |title=Cyprus says aid ships have turned back from Gaza with some 240 tons of undelivered aid after strike |url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cyprus-says-aid-ships-turned-111616506.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403143541/https://ca.news.yahoo.com/cyprus-says-aid-ships-turned-111616506.html |archive-date=3 April 2024 |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=Yahoo News}}</ref>

=== Diplomacy === Israel's ambassador to Poland {{ill|Yacov Livne|he|יעקב ליבנה|pl|Ja'akow Liwne}}, a few hours after the strikes on the WCK convoy, made several posts on social media, rejecting accusations of committing a war crime made by Deputy Speaker of the Polish Sejm [[Krzysztof Bosak]].<ref name="AJ111" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite news |date=5 April 2024 |title=Ambasador Izraela już po spotkaniu w MSZ |url=https://tvn24.pl/polska/ambasador-izraela-jakow-liwne-wezwany-do-msz-w-warszawie-st7853000 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404123132/https://tvn24.pl/polska/ambasador-izraela-jakow-liwne-wezwany-do-msz-w-warszawie-st7853000 |archive-date=4 April 2024 |access-date=5 April 2024 |website=TVN24 |language=pl}}</ref> He also recalled an incident in the Polish Sejm when [[Konfederacja (political party)|Bosak's party]] MP [[Grzegorz Braun]] extinguished a [[Hanukkah menorah]] with a fire extinguisher.<ref name=":7" /> The ambassador wrote that the "extreme right and left in Poland" were accusing Israel of "intentional murder in the attack."<ref name="AJ111" /> He ended his statement by saying that [[anti-semite]]s will always remain anti-semites.<ref name=":7" /> The ambassador's statement sparked outrage. Polish President [[Andrzej Duda]] described it as "not very fortunate and, in short, outrageous," while Polish Prime Minister [[Donald Tusk]] said he did not approve of the way the ambassador spoke about the strikes on the convoy and that he expected words of apology.<ref name=":7" /> The ambassador was summoned to the [[Polish Foreign Ministry]] on 5 April 2024, where he met with Deputy Minister [[Andrzej Szejna]].<ref name=":8" /> According to the deputy minister, Ambassador Livne apologized for the incident.<ref name=":8" />

Australian Prime Minister [[Anthony Albanese]] and Foreign Minister [[Penny Wong]] spoke with their equivalents in Israel following the attack. Albanese told Netanyahu that Australians were outraged by the death of an Australian citizen in the attack.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Roberts |first1=Georgina |date=2 April 2024 |title=Anthony Albanese tells Israeli prime minister Australians outraged over Zomi Frankcom's death |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-03/albanese-talks-netanyahu-about-zomi-frankcom-death/103661096 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406025608/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-03/albanese-talks-netanyahu-about-zomi-frankcom-death/103661096 |archive-date=6 April 2024 |access-date=6 April 2024 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> Albanese later stated that he regarded Netanyahu's description of the attack as being "unintentional" and "something that happens in war" as unsatisfactory.<ref name="ABC Australia to appoint">{{cite news |last1=Evans |first1=Jake |date=5 April 2024 |title=Australia to appoint 'special adviser' to examine Israeli air strike investigation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-05/australia-special-adviser-israel-air-strike-investigation/103675106 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406011720/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-05/australia-special-adviser-israel-air-strike-investigation/103675106 |archive-date=6 April 2024 |access-date=6 April 2024 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref> On 5 April, the Australian Government stated that the Israeli government "hasn't yet satisfied" its expectations for an investigation, and that it would appoint a special adviser with responsibility for ensuring that the investigation meets Australia's expectations. The Australian Government has also stated that all evidence of the attack must be preserved.<ref name="ABC Australia to appoint" /> On 6 April, Wong stated that she and the Minister for Defence [[Richard Marles]] had written to their Israeli equivalents calling for further action to be taken against the individuals responsible for the attack.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Beazley |first1=Jordyn |date=6 April 2024 |title='Deadly failure': Australia demands Israel take 'appropriate action' against those responsible for killing aid workers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/06/deadly-failure-australia-demands-israel-take-appropriate-action-against-those-responsible-for-killing-aid-workers |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240510124502/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/06/deadly-failure-australia-demands-israel-take-appropriate-action-against-those-responsible-for-killing-aid-workers |archive-date=10 May 2024 |access-date=6 April 2024 |work=The Guardian}}</ref>

At a [[UN headquarters]] press event in September 2024, Penny Wong remarked that the killings were "not a one-off incident", referring to them alongside other aid workers killed in Gaza.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Hurst |first=Daniel |date=2024-09-24 |title=Frankcom's family back push to protect aid workers as Wong alarmed by 'escalation' in Middle East |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/sep/23/australia-un-aid-worker-protection-zomi-frankcom |access-date=2024-09-26 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Truu |first=Maani |date=2024-09-23 |title=Australia to push global leaders to pledge to protect aid workers after Zomi Frankcom's death in Gaza |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-23/australia-international-push-protect-aid-workers-zomi-frankcom/104385792 |access-date=2024-09-26 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Cite web |last=Bahr |first=Jessica |date=2024-09-23 |title=Australian push for a new UN declaration to protect aid workers like Zomi Frankcom |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australian-push-for-a-new-un-declaration-to-protect-aid-workers-like-zomi-frankcom/ox6zz6npp |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=SBS News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-23 |title=Remarks to roundtable of humanitarian leaders |url=https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/speech/remarks-roundtable-humanitarian-leaders |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref> Later that day, she announced the formation of a "Ministerial Group for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel" together with the governments of Jordan, Switzerland, Indonesia, Sierra Leone, the UK, Japan, Brazil and Colombia.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":13" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-23 |title=Joint statement towards a new declaration for the Protection of Humanitarian Personnel |url=https://www.foreignminister.gov.au/minister/penny-wong/media-release/joint-statement-towards-new-declaration-protection-humanitarian-personnel |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade}}</ref>

=== Investigations === In its initial response, the IDF did not confirm whether it conducted the airstrike and instead said it would open an investigation.<ref name="nbc">{{cite news |date=2 April 2024 |title=Israeli strike kills 7 aid workers in Gaza, World Central Kitchen halts operations |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/world-central-kitchen-says-israeli-strike-kills-7-workers-halts-aid-rcna145976 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402171915/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/world-central-kitchen-says-israeli-strike-kills-7-workers-halts-aid-rcna145976 |archive-date=2 April 2024 |access-date=11 April 2024 |work=NBC News |language=en |quote=Earlier, the Israel Defense Forces did not confirm that it was responsible for the deaths, and said that it would be opening a probe into the incident. "This will help us reduce the risk of such an event from occurring again," IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said in a video statement.}}</ref> Several hours later,<ref name="nbc" /> Israeli Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] acknowledged that the Israeli military had killed the seven "innocent" aid workers, saying it was "unintentional".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ray |first1=Siladitya |last2=Roush |first2=Ty |date=2 April 2024 |title=Netanyahu Says 'Unintended Strike' By Israel Killed Seven Aid Workers In Gaza |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/04/02/world-central-kitchen-says-israeli-airstrike-killed-seven-of-its-workers-in-gaza/?sh=49d372a56a00 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408122053/https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2024/04/02/world-central-kitchen-says-israeli-airstrike-killed-seven-of-its-workers-in-gaza/?sh=49d372a56a00 |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |work=[[Forbes (magazine)|Forbes]]}}</ref>

On 5 April, edited footage of the attack was shown to reporters, but it did not show the moment the convoy was struck. The complete video has not been released publicly.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Fahim |first1=Kareem |last2=Bisset |first2=Victoria |date=5 April 2024 |title=IDF says aid convoy attack was 'serious violation' of procedures |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/05/israel-gaza-aid-wck-investigation/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240405155112/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/05/israel-gaza-aid-wck-investigation/ |archive-date=5 April 2024 |access-date=6 April 2024 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

[[Bellingcat]] analyzed the car wreckage and concluded that the vehicles bore "the hallmarks of a precision strike by inert or low-yield missiles", thus confirming that an "Israeli airstrike" was responsible as "only the IDF has the capability to conduct" precision strikes in the local area.<ref name="BC1">{{cite web |last=Waters |first=Nick |date=2 April 2024 |title=Strike That Killed World Central Kitchen Workers Bears Hallmarks of Israeli Precision Strike |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/02/strike-that-killed-world-central-kitchen-workers-bears-hallmarks-of-israeli-precision-strike/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403131728/https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/02/strike-that-killed-world-central-kitchen-workers-bears-hallmarks-of-israeli-precision-strike/ |archive-date=3 April 2024 |access-date=2 April 2024 |work=Bellingcat}}</ref> The first targeted car was geolocated at 31.4118, 34.3231;<ref group="coord">1st strike: {{coord|31.4118|34.3231|display=inline|type:road_scale:10000}}</ref> while the second was geolocated {{convert|800|meters|mi|1}} away at 31.4168, 34.3290;<ref group="coord">2nd strike: {{coord|31.4168|34.3290|display=inline|type:road_scale:10000}}</ref> and the third at 31.4005, 34.3115<ref group="coord">3rd strike: {{coord|31.4005|34.3115|display=inline|type:road_scale:10000}}</ref> around {{convert|1600|meters|mi|1}} away from the first vehicle.<ref name="BC1" /> The first two locations of the vehicles were on a road identified by the [[United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs|UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs]] (OCHA) as being an "Accessible Road for Humanitarian Aid," while the third was in a field immediately next to this road.<ref name="BC1" /> Bellingcat further concluded that it was "likely" that the World Central Kitchen markings on at least one of the car roofs "would have been visible from above when the strike was carried out" depending on the imaging capabilities of the system used.<ref name="BC1" />

Al-Jazeera Sanad analyzed "open-source information, witness testimonies, and images from the site", concluding that the Israeli Defense Forces' attacks were "intentional", having "targeted three vehicles belonging to WCK, one at a time", with the damage to the second and third cars "suggesting that the cars were targeted from the air".<ref name="sanad">{{cite web |title=Al Jazeera Sanad probe: Israeli forces deliberately hit WCK convoy |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/2/al-jazeera-sanad-probe-finds-israeli-forces-deliberately-hit-wck-convoy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403083926/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/2/al-jazeera-sanad-probe-finds-israeli-forces-deliberately-hit-wck-convoy |archive-date=3 April 2024 |access-date=3 April 2024 |work=Al Jazeera}}</ref> The WCK markings on the cars led Al-Jazeera Sanad to conclude that WCK "were in compliance and there had been prior coordination between WCK and the Israeli army about the movements".<ref name="sanad" /> An eyewitness to the first strike, Hasan al-Shorbagi, said that the injured from the first strike were transferred to a second armoured car to continue travelling.<ref name="sanad" />

The [[BBC]] cited two weapons experts analyzing the car wreckages to conclude that the cars were likely struck by drone missiles.<ref name="BBCV">{{cite web |last1=Sardarizadeh |first1=Shayan |last2=Garman |first2=Benedict |last3=Spencer |first3=Thomas |date=2 April 2024 |title=Gaza aid convoy strike: What we know |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68714128 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240402233046/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68714128 |archive-date=2 April 2024 |access-date=3 April 2024 |work=BBC}}</ref> The BBC's analysis of the distance between the three vehicles indicated that multiple strikes occurred.<ref name="BBCV" />

[[CNN]] reported that the Israeli attack "appears to have consisted of multiple precision strikes", citing a weapons researcher stating that the result "seems consistent with munitions deployed" by [[unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mezzofiore |first=Gianluca |date=3 April 2024 |title=Israeli attack that killed aid workers consistent with multiple precision strikes, analysis shows |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-strike-analysis-intl/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240403141939/https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/03/middleeast/world-central-kitchen-strike-analysis-intl/index.html |archive-date=3 April 2024 |access-date=3 April 2024 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

''[[Haaretz]]'' quoted one Israeli defense source as saying that "the units in the field decide to launch attacks without any preparation, in cases that have nothing to do with protecting our forces."<ref name="haaretz1" /> Further citing Israeli defense sources, ''Haaretz'' reported that the destroyed cars "were clearly marked on the roof and sides" as belonging to the World Central Kitchen, and had "travelled along a route preapproved and coordinated with the IDF", but "the war room of the unit responsible for security of the route ordered the drone operators to attack", due to "suspicion that a terrorist was travelling with the convoy"; the supposed terrorist was "an armed man" in the aid truck being escorted by the cars to a food warehouse in [[Deir al-Balah]]; the cars had left the aid truck behind at the warehouse, and the "armed man did not leave the warehouse", but Israeli strikes from an [[Elbit Hermes 450]] drone were still ordered on the cars.<ref name="haaretz1" />

==== IDF investigation ==== The IDF investigation was led by Major General (ret.) [[Yoav Har-Even]], president and CEO of [[Rafael Advanced Defense Systems]],<ref name="tel" /> and on 4 April 2024 reported their initial investigatory findings regarding the incident.<ref name="Inside" /> The IDF admitted that the WCK did coordinate their plans for the night with the IDF, but said that internally within the IDF, these plans were not communicated to the IDF's operational forces.<ref name="Inside" /><ref name="Frankel" /> The IDF said that before the incident, the WCK cars had escorted an aid truck that had a gunman on its roof who fired a gun. A BBC reporter said the video was "somewhat blurry" but a gunshot was clearly visible.<ref name="Inside" /> The IDF then said they tried to contact the WCK but were unable to; phone communication in Gaza is "patchy" and the IDF itself has prohibited aid agencies from using radios.<ref name="Inside" />

A second gunman was spotted at the warehouse joining the first gunman, leading to the drone operators assuming that they were of Hamas, said the IDF.<ref name="Bunkall">{{cite news |last1=Bunkall |first1=Alistair |date=5 April 2024 |title='They are a target in his eyes': IDF releases findings of what went wrong in strike that killed aid workers |url=https://news.sky.com/story/grave-mistake-idf-releases-findings-of-what-went-wrong-in-strike-that-killed-aid-workers-13108160 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407032029/https://news.sky.com/story/grave-mistake-idf-releases-findings-of-what-went-wrong-in-strike-that-killed-aid-workers-13108160 |archive-date=7 April 2024 |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=[[Sky News]]}}</ref> As a result, according to the IDF, the drone operators believed that the WCK cars were being used by Hamas militants, and further suspected that they saw a person entering a WCK car with "a rifle but at the end of the day it was a bag", in a "misclassification".<ref name="Inside" /> The IDF said that the drone operators believed that the WCK aid workers had remained at the warehouse with the aid truck, instead of leaving in the cars.<ref name="Bunkall" /> The IDF additionally said that the drone operators could not see the WCK cars' markings at night, with BBC News commenting that the "drone footage also appears to confirm that".<ref name="Inside" />

Hence, according to the IDF, its drone operators fired three missiles at the WCK's cars, destroying the cars one by one between 23:09 to 23:13, despite two surviving aid workers of the first strike boarding the second car, which was then hit by a second missile, and some survivors of the second strike boarded the third car, which was in turn struck by a third missile; with the result being that all seven aid workers were killed by the IDF strikes.<ref name="Inside" /><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pfeffer |first1=Anshel |last2=Kubovich |first2=Yaniv |date=5 April 2024 |title=Israeli Army Says 'Series of Mistakes' Led to Killing of World Central Kitchen Workers in Gaza |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-05/ty-article/.premium/israeli-army-series-of-mistakes-led-to-killing-of-world-central-kitchen-workers-in-gaza/0000018e-acb9-d906-a5cf-aebd1f560000 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240405103518/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-05/ty-article/.premium/israeli-army-series-of-mistakes-led-to-killing-of-world-central-kitchen-workers-in-gaza/0000018e-acb9-d906-a5cf-aebd1f560000 |archive-date=5 April 2024 |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=[[Haaretz]]}}</ref> The IDF said that an IDF colonel and an IDF major approved the order for a drone attack with no military lawyer present, but the second strike was done with no updated approval.<ref name="Bunkall" /> The IDF investigatory result was that while "there was no information on gunmen in the second and third vehicles, they too were attacked, within minutes of each other, for no real reason ... The attack on the three vehicles was carried out in serious violation of the relevant orders and instructions."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fabian |first1=Emanuel |date=5 April 2024 |title='Serious failure': IDF fires 2 top officers over deadly drone strike on Gaza aid convoy |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-dismisses-2-senior-officers-over-deadly-drone-strike-on-gaza-aid-convoy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406183711/https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-dismisses-2-senior-officers-over-deadly-drone-strike-on-gaza-aid-convoy/ |archive-date=6 April 2024 |access-date=7 April 2024 |work=[[The Times of Israel]]}}</ref> The IDF has dismissed a major who led the fire support team, as well as a colonel who was a brigade chief of staff.<ref name="Inside" /> The IDF also reprimanded the Southern Command divisional commander, brigade commander, and general in charge.<ref name="Inside" />

===== Response to IDF investigation ===== WCK rejected the IDF's investigation as lacking credibility, with the WCK's founder, José Andrés, saying in a statement that: "The IDF cannot credibly investigate its own failure in Gaza. It's not enough to simply try to avoid further humanitarian deaths, which have now approached close to 200. All civilians need to be protected, and all innocent people in Gaza need to be fed and safe. And all hostages must be released."<ref name="TG1" /> Andrés in an interview with [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] contested the IDF's claim of poor vision, insisting that the brightly colored logos on their white cars could be seen by those drones even in the dark of night.<ref name="abc interview 0408">{{Citation |title=War in Gaza is a 'war against humanity': World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés |date=8 April 2024 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdOvit__o8A |access-date=8 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408090451/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdOvit__o8A |archive-date=8 April 2024 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref>

''[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'' wrote that the investigation sparked "claims of [[bias]]": it was led by "president and CEO of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems" and "the IDF is one of Rafael's biggest buyers".<ref name="tel" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' reported that the investigation was hurriedly completed and that it had failed to answer important questions including why Israeli commanders violated their military's operational rules, and why the soldiers were unaware that humanitarian cars were operating in the area with Israeli permission. It further added that the investigation's findings will likely renew skepticism over the Israeli military's decision-making processes, as aid groups, human rights organizations, and Palestinians have repeatedly accused Israel of reckless firing, which Israel denies.<ref name="TG1" /> Speaking to ''[[Politico]]'', an unnamed U.S. official stated Israel will "do and say whatever is necessary to maintain the status quo and I have little hope their investigation will be transparent or honest".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Berg |first1=Matt |title=Israeli strike on José Andrés aid group prompts new level of US backlash |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/02/israeli-strike-on-jose-andres-aid-group-prompts-new-level-of-us-backlash-00150245 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410014657/https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/02/israeli-strike-on-jose-andres-aid-group-prompts-new-level-of-us-backlash-00150245 |archive-date=10 April 2024 |access-date=12 April 2024 |website=Politico|date=2 April 2024 }}</ref>

International law scholar [[Douglas Guilfoyle]] <!-- notable, redlink --> writes that the attack "was almost certainly a war crime. Indeed, I struggle to see how any other conclusion is possible."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Guilfoyle |first1=Douglas |date=6 April 2024 |title=The Strike on the World Central Kitchen Convoy as a War Crime (ADDENDUM) |url=http://opiniojuris.org/2024/04/06/the-strike-on-the-world-central-kitchen-convoy-as-a-war-crime/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408032118/http://opiniojuris.org/2024/04/06/the-strike-on-the-world-central-kitchen-convoy-as-a-war-crime/ |archive-date=8 April 2024 |access-date=8 April 2024 |work=Opinio Juris}}</ref>

==== Binskin report ==== Australian foreign minister [[Penny Wong]] appointed former [[Australian Defence Force]] chief [[Mark Binskin]] to advise her office on the incident. He concluded that the Israeli investigation had been "timely, appropriate and, with some exceptions, sufficient", assessing that the attack had likely resulted from the IDF mistaking local armed guards hired by WCK as Hamas militants, because the group normally only used unarmed guards and had not coordinated the presence of gunmen with Israeli liaison officers.<ref name=":11" /><ref name="Packham" />

Binskin faulted a lack of real-time communication between the IDF and WCK personnel in the field for the initial strike which killed the first aid worker, and violations of the military's rules of engagement for the strikes on the second and third vehicles which killed the other six.<ref>{{cite report |url=https://www.dfat.gov.au/sites/default/files/special-advisers-public-report-israels-response-wck-strikes-august-2024.pdf |title=Special adviser public report on the Government of Israel's response to the IDF attack on World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza on Monday 1 April 2024 |author=Mark Binskin |date=2 August 2024 |publisher=[[Government of Australia]], [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade]]}}</ref>

Opposition leader [[Peter Dutton]] accused the government of politicizing Frankcom's death, saying he didn't "believe that it was necessary" to commission the report in the first place. Conversely, [[Australian Greens|Greens]] senator [[Mehreen Faruqi]] argued it was a "[[Whitewashing (communications)|whitewash]]".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gould |first=Courtney |date=2024-08-02 |title='Serious' IDF failures led to death of World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-02/australia-review-idf-world-central-kitchen-death/104175546 |access-date=2024-08-02 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}</ref>

== UK surveillance footage == The UK government has refused to release footage recorded during a surveillance flight that was in the air over Gaza at the time of the attack.<ref name="DC_22Jul24">{{cite news |title= UK covers up Gaza spy footage from day of aid worker massacre|author1=John McEvoy|author2=Phil Miller|date=2024-07-22|url=https://www.declassifieduk.org/uk-covers-up-gaza-spy-footage-from-day-of-aid-worker-massacre/ | website=Declassified UK}}</ref> The UK government confirmed in an FOI response that “video footage of Gaza from the Shadow R1 [surveillance] flight on 1 April is held,” but it refused release on national security grounds, "and hinted that its contents may relate to UK special forces or MI6".<ref name="DC_22Jul24" />

The flight was one of hundreds that launched from [[RAF Akrotiri]] during the Gaza genocide, the [[Shadow R1]] spy planes had recorded more than 1000 hours of footage in 200 missions as of May 2024. A reconstruction of flight plans showed that a plane had taken off from Akrotiri at 5pm local time, returning to the base at 10:49pm, soon after the convoy strikes are believed to have taken place.<ref name="DC08May24">{{cite news |title=Revealed: UK military has flown 200 spy missions over Gaza in support of Israel|author=Matt Kennard|url=https://www.declassifieduk.org/revealed-uk-military-has-flown-200-spy-missions-over-gaza-in-support-of-israel/ | website=Declassified UK | date=2024-05-08}}</ref>

The father of one of the victims, Neil Henderson, has called repeatedly for the footage to be released, saying, “This footage should not be kept hidden from our family.” and “the UK government must urgently disclose any evidence it holds” which might “shed light on why James was wrongly targeted by Israel”.<ref name="DC_22Jul24" /><ref name="DC_11Dec25">{{cite news |title= ‘Release Gaza footage,’ British victim demands in new spy flight documentary|date=2025-12-11|url=https://www.declassifieduk.org/release-gaza-footage-british-victim-demands-in-new-spy-flight-documentary/ | website=Declassified UK|author1=Alex Morris|author2=Phil Miller}}</ref>

==Other incidents== === November 2024 attack === On November 30, 2024, an Israeli airstrike on a World Central Kitchen vehicle in [[Khan Yunis]] killed five people, including three aid workers, one of whom was accused by Israel of taking part in the [[October 7 attacks]].<ref name=Bowman>{{Cite news |last1=Bowman |first1=Emma| last2=Estrin |first2=Daniel |date=2024-11-30 |title= World Central Kitchen workers killed by Israeli airstrike, Gaza health ministry says |url= https://www.npr.org/2024/11/30/nx-s1-5211367/world-central-kitchen-workers-airstrike-gaza |access-date=2024-11-30 |work=NPR }}</ref> WCK said it "had no knowledge" of whether the aid worker was involved on 7 October.<ref name=Bowman /> The organization again paused its operations in Gaza following the airstrike until December 5, 2024.<ref>{{cite news|last=Belloso|first=Paola|url=https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/world-central-kitchen-workers-killed-by-israeli-airstrike-in-gaza/|title=World Central Kitchen workers killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza, organization says|website=DC News Now|date=November 30, 2024|archive-date=3 December 2024|access-date=1 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203085449/https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/world-central-kitchen-workers-killed-by-israeli-airstrike-in-gaza/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Confirmed impersonation === On August 12, 2025, the IDF said it killed five armed terrorists in the Gaza Strip who were posing as aid workers for the World Central Kitchen. According to the IDF, they were killed in a targeted airstrike after deliberately affixing the aid group's logo to their vehicle and wearing yellow vests in an attempt to disguise their activities and avoid being targeted. The Coordination and Liaison Administration in [[Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories|COGAT]] confirmed with WCK that the vehicle seen in Gaza with the group's emblem had no link to its operations.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Melzer|first=Natalie |date=2025-08-13 |title=Israel says it struck militants disguised as aid workers|url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-hostages-aid-08-12-2025-1735f5b4ee74d3d531498c1ee8a5f56c|access-date=2025-08-13 |work=AP News|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=זיתון |first=יואב |date=2025-08-12 |title=עם וסטים צהובים וסמל הארגון: מחבלים בעזה התחזו לעובדי סיוע - וחוסלו {{!}} תיעוד |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/hj00ldau00xg |access-date=2025-08-14 |work=Ynet |language=he}}</ref> World Central Kitchen confirmed that armed operatives were posing as its members and said: "We strongly condemn anyone posing as WCK or other humanitarians, as this endangers civilians and aid workers. The safety and security of our teams are our top priority."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-08-12 |title=World Central Kitchen confirms armed operatives were posing as its members in central Gaza |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/world-central-kitchen-confirms-armed-operatives-were-posing-as-its-members-in-central-gaza/ |access-date=2025-08-12 |work=The Times of Israel |language=en-US |issn=0040-7909}}</ref><ref>{{citation|url=https://wck.org/en-us/news/gaza-update-8-12|title=World Central Kitchen Condemns Impersonation of Aid Workers in Gaza|work=World Central Kitchen|date=2025-08-13 |access-date=2025-08-13 }}</ref>

== See also == * [[Attacks on health facilities during the Gaza war]] * [[Attacks on humanitarian workers]] * [[Flour massacre]] * [[Gaza humanitarian crisis (2023–present)]] * [[Gaza Strip famine]] * [[Humanitarian aid during the Gaza war]] * [[Israeli blockade of aid delivery to the Gaza Strip]] * [[Israeli war crimes]] * [[Killing of health workers in the Gaza war]] * [[Rafah aid distribution killings]]

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