The World Central Kitchen team was traveling in "a conflict-free zone in two armored cars marked with the WCK logo" The convoy was hit while leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, where the team had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid. The NGO itself writes this on its website, underlining that "despite the coordination of the movements with the IDF, the convoy wasHit while leaving Deir Al Balah warehouse.

The team had brought food aid to Gaza along the route maritime"