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submitted 7 months ago by Linkerbaan@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés said Monday that several of the group’s employees were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza. Andrés, a celebrity chef, called those who died his “sisters and brothers” and “angels” in a statement on social media.

“The Israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing. It needs to stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians and aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon,” Andrés wrote on social media.

“I served alongside [them] in Ukraine, Gaza, Turkey, Morocco, Bahamas, Indonesia,” Andrés wrote of those killed on Monday. “They are not faceless…they are not nameless.”

“If they are aid workers, they are civilians, and civilians are protected from attack under the law of war,” said Brian Finucane, a former legal adviser at the State Department and now a senior adviser at Crisis Group.

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[-] Linkerbaan@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Also interesting: According to a new Haaretz article seems like it were at least three drone strikes against these WFC employees after people managed to crawl out of the first car alive. At least one of the subsequently bombed cars had (some) evacuated WFC employees rescued from first strike. The IDF really wanted those WFC employees dead. This guy on Twitter raises some more good points

[-] Milk_Sheikh@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago
  1. What this tell us is that the IDF will kill an almost unlimited or undefined number of civilians in order to potentially kill one Hamas member of unspecific rank or commitment

Did we already forget the Jabalia camp strike? The IDF felt comfortable purposefully and deliberately bombing women and children taking refuge, as long as they kill a Hamas mid-level commander with the +195 civilians.

[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

There is little to no evidence to suggest they are targeting Hamas in these strikes. It appears they are directly targeting civilians anywhere they are gathered, especially when they are gathered for assistance.

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