Three British citizens were killed along with 4 other humanitarian workers in the Israeli raid which hit a convoy of the American NGO WCK while it was bringing aid to the Gaza Strip
. The United Kingdom media reported this, citing sources from the same NGO, after initially there was talk of a British citizen among the victims. The other volunteers killed were a dual citizen of the USA and Canada, a Palestinian, a Pole and an Australian. And in fact the British government summoned the Israeli ambassador to London after the killing of 7 volunteers, including three British citizens, hit to death by a raid against a convoy of the American NGO WCK which was bringing food aid to the Gaza Strip. to hunger. This was reported by the Foreign Office. The protest gesture is presented as a request to the Jewish state to provide answers on the incident and to allow an independent investigation.
"I express my condolences to the families of the WCKitchen operators who lost their lives in Gaza.
We also ask Israel to clarify
: respect for humanitarian law and protection of civilians are priorities. The Government continues to work for a ceasefire and the release of the hostages ". Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani wrote it
on
X.
An Israeli army drone h
For further information Agenzia ANSA World Central Kitchen, chefs between disasters and wars - News - Ansa.it The NGO founded by José Andres present from Haiti to Ukraine to Gaza (ANSA)
repeatedly shot at the
WCK aid convoy after "soldiers thought armed terrorists were among the group." This is reconstructed by a Haaretz report which cites anonymous security sources familiar with the incident. According to the same newspaper, "a Hermes 450 drone fired three missiles in rapid succession" despite the fact that it was clearly indicated on the roofs of the vehicles that they belonged to the WCK. The decision - continued the report - was taken by a unit guarding the aid transport route. The attack - again according to the Haaretz report - occurred immediately after the three WCK cars left the refueling area, leaving behind them a truck on which it was thought there was "an apparently armed man". According to security sources, the
alleged armed man did not leave the depot from which the three cars left and moved "along a road previously approved and coordinated with the IDF". At a certain point, while the convoy was traveling along the approved route - the Haaretz reconstruction continues based on security sources - the operations room of the unit responsible for route security "ordered the drone operators to attack one of the cars with a missile." "Some passengers were seen getting out of the car after it was hit and moving to one of the other two cars. They continued driving and also informed those responsible that they had been attacked, but a few seconds later another missile hit the their cars". "The third car of the convoy approached and the passengers began to transfer the wounded survivors of the second attack to it, to put them out of danger. But a third missile hit them." "It's frustrating - one of the sources underlined to Haaretz - we are doing our best to precisely target terrorists, using intelligence, and in the end the units on the field decide to launch attacks without any preparation, in cases that have nothing to do with the protection of our forces."
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, "condemns"
the attack against Iran in Damascus
and reaffirms that "the principle of the inviolability of diplomatic and consular offices and personnel must be respected in any case in accordance with the law international". In a note from the spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric "calls on all concerned to exercise maximum restraint and avoid further escalation. Any miscalculation could lead to a wider conflict in an already unstable region, with devastating consequences for civilians."
Reproduction reserved © Copyright ANSA