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An Israeli airstrike on a automobile within the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed 5 folks, together with staff of the charity World Central Kitchen, with Israel saying it had focused a militant who took half within the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas assaults.
The U.S.-based charity stated it had no data anybody within the automobile had alleged ties to the 2023 assaults towards Israel and was “urgently looking for extra particulars” concerning the matter. It stated it’s pausing its operations in Gaza.
The Israeli army stated the alleged Oct. 7 attacker focused within the strike took half within the assault on the kibbutz of Nir Oz, and it requested “senior officers from the worldwide group” and the WCK to make clear how he had come to work for the charity.
The Israel Defense Forces recognized the person as Hazmi Kadih and stated he had been “monitored by IDF intelligence for some time.”
Palestinian well being official Muneer Alboursh confirmed the strike, and an help employee in Gaza confirmed that three of these killed had been employees with the WCK, the Associated Press reported.
Separately, British help company Save the Children stated certainly one of its workers members was additionally killed on Saturday afternoon in Khan Younis, the BBC reported. It is unclear whether or not he was killed in the identical strike because the WCK staff.
World Central Kitchen had suspended work in Gaza earlier this yr after an Israeli strike killed seven of its employees.
