A convoy carrying seven foreign aid workers was annihilated by three Israeli missiles. This is the complete, step-by-step account of how the attacks occurred.
The lead-up to the April 1 attack began months earlier, as aid groups desperately searched for ways to feed millions of people without access to regular food deliveries. Gaza had been isolated by Israeli forces just hours after the attack by Hamas militants that sparked the war on October 7. Since then, more than 33,000 Palestinians have been killed and more than 80% of the territory's 2.3 million people have been displaced. U.N. officials warn of the growing likelihood of famine in devastated northern Gaza. The situation is increasingly dire and deliveries over land crossings to Gaza from Israel and Egypt are limited, so World Central Kitchen made a pioneering effort to bring aid by sea. The aid group, founded in 2010 by TV chef José Andrés, has worked as far away as Haiti and Ukraine, sending teams that can quickly produce large quantities of meals.