The World Central Kitchen (WCK), a charity focused on delivering food to those in need, has faced a tragic incident where seven of its workers, including Australian citizen Zomi Frankcom, were killed in an Israeli airstrike. The incident occurred as a result of a delay caused by an hours-long wait at an Israeli checkpoint, forcing the convoy to travel at night. WCK founder José Andrés criticized the attack as a 'war against humanity,' highlighting the systematic targeting of aid workers. Industry Minister Ed Husic and Foreign Minister Penny Wong have expressed concerns over the incident, reflecting on the broader implications for international humanitarian law and the ongoing conflict in Gaza. The Australian government has responded by appointing Mark Binskin as a special military adviser to probe the incident further. Criticism extends beyond the immediate incident, with discussions on the role of US military aid to Israel and its impact on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The IDF's explanation of 'misidentification at night' and the involvement of a Hamas gunman have also been noted, alongside Chris Wallace's condemnation of the deaths.
Israel has received more US military aid than any other country since World War Two, but the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is putting that assistance under heavy scrutiny. Here's what we know about the level of US support for Israel https://t.co/ePaWuT4duw https://t.co/Eb6rCe9esD
As Australia appoints a special military adviser, we ask what he can realistically achieve - and what’s Israel’s next move: https://t.co/j5lXsLIfh6 https://t.co/36cSzfHN7s
WCK FOUNDER JOSE ANDRES GOT A BITTER TASTE OF WHAT PALESTINIAN HAVE ENDURED OVER 75 YEARS Source: @MaxBlumenthal https://t.co/sUwAV1MFx6
Deadly Attack on the @WCKitchen Team Exemplifies #Israel’s Policy of Targeting Humanitarian Relief Operations in #Gaza Amid the Ongoing #Genocide #CeasefireNOW #GazaGenocide https://t.co/6ro2L7vD0f
Last week, 7 courageous aid workers with @WCKitchen were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza while trying to feed starving people. Listen to the words of Chef José Andrés on what's happening in Gaza today. https://t.co/NqpetqAo9n
The events that led to the deaths of seven World Central Kitchen workers suggest that there could be problems with the protocols used by the Israeli military, according to legal experts and aid organizations. https://t.co/zshs2QzYa0
Last week’s killing of seven World Central Kitchen aid workers by Israeli air strikes is by no means the first time staffers for the humanitarian group have had a brush with Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza. Story: https://t.co/hbRfvW5N9f https://t.co/YBCNP2Mx9w
During an exclusive interview with ABC News on Sunday, World Central Kitchen (WCK) founder Jose Andres said that the war on Gaza "no longer seems to be a war against terror" or "about defending Israel" and instead "seems to be a war against humanity itself". https://t.co/V4YhbMBVG0
The World Central Kitchen massacre by Israeli Defense Forces is just one of many humanitarian atrocities the US cannot ignore in Gaza. President Biden, we cannot approve more weapons transfers to Israel. Ceasefire now. https://t.co/Kw1a4fPTwK
President of the World Central Kitchen Organization, José Andres: "The war that Israel has been waging against Gaza for six months is not self-defense, but rather a war against humanity itself." https://t.co/ZPN8Uis6hX
The Australian’s Foreign Editor Greg Sheridan says the Albanese government’s reaction to the killing of seven aid workers by Israel is “disgraceful”. https://t.co/ZoR8QcvXt6
The humanitarian catastrophe in #Gaza has prompted calls for Washington to put conditions on the billions of dollars in military funding and other assistance it provides to #Israel. The following are details of US support for Israel: https://t.co/I0XQM8S45D
With all due respect @chefjoseandres, the ones destroying the future of Gaza are Hamas, who initiated the massacre, rapes and abductions of Oct 7 and now abhorrently using their own people as human shields and turning every civilian structure in Gaza into a terrorist HQ. https://t.co/AAZsLiUnBG
Israel's killing of foreign aid workers with @WCKitchen drew headlines, quite rightly. But the vast share of the aid workers, journalists and health workers killed in Gaza are local Palestinian heroes who take risks to help others and mostly die anonymously. RIP, Mohammed Abed. https://t.co/yknTlqXEpa
Jose Andres says ‘Israel is committing a war against humanity’ after workers killed https://t.co/BmJe9jRvJC https://t.co/RjxSOPIWzw
Penny Wong has turned up the heat on Israel by appointing a special advisor to probe the IDF’s investigation into a strike which killed seven World Central Kitchen aid workers in Gaza last week, including one Australian. https://t.co/MOcBAGZlvR
"You cannot be conducting war in such a way; you cannot be destroying every building, every hospital, every school, every university; you cannot destroy the future of more than two million Palestinians in Gaza." Poignant words by José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) in an ABC interview. https://t.co/OcVeKJWtPk
"You cannot be conducting war in such a way; you cannot be destroying every building, every hospital, every school, every university; you cannot destroy the future of more than two million Palestinians in Gaza." Poignant words by José Andrés (@chefjoseandres) in an @ABC interview https://t.co/cWapFSfPGm
Tonight on @ILTVNews, I spoke with US (ret.) Army Maj. John Spencer @SpencerGuard, one of the leading experts on urban warfare, about Israel’s achievements in the #Gaza war and efforts to prevent civilian casualties at an unprecedented level. More: https://t.co/pDG3WpLBMj https://t.co/mhwIri1qH0
#BREAKING Former defence chief Mark Binskin has been appointed as Australia's special adviser on Israel's response to the Israeli strikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza last week. https://t.co/vj0QCjQmG7
Australia news live: ex-ADF chief to advise on response to Gaza aid worker deaths; Aukus to consider expansion https://t.co/fXp98Rrdxi
José Andrés Frustrated It Took Foreign Aid Workers’ Deaths To Spark Global Outrage Over Gaza https://t.co/kKSpCZ2A5d
The Albanese government will select an experienced military figure as its special adviser on Israel’s killing of seven aid staff. Read more: https://t.co/swQoLcCmJP https://t.co/HB8EzoLf2e
JOSE ANDRES FOUNDER OF WCK TURNS ON ISRAEL “Every time something happens, we can’t bring in Hamas into the question. This isn’t about the men and women of WCK anymore” https://t.co/7nX9VqbnAw
José Andrés Says War Against Hamas Isn't About Defending Israel Anymore: 'It's a War Against Humanity Itself': https://t.co/QR6wnEWRGs
Chris Wallace took a moment on CNN‘s The Chris Wallace Show on Saturday morning to condemn the deaths of World Central Kitchen aid workers amid the Israel–Hamas war. https://t.co/1ncxSPzJWv
Chef José Andrés skeptical about IDF account of strike that killed 7 World Central Kitchen workers https://t.co/z3f56s5dW6 https://t.co/5OK0PzGEyS
"It is unforgivable." The Israeli drone strike that killed seven workers with chef José Andrés' aid group, World Central Kitchen, is something he will have "to live with" for the rest of his life, he said in an exclusive new interview with ABC News. https://t.co/4twUxxgcSv
The Israelis admitted picking off Chef Andres's aid workers one by one with drone fired blasts and called it an accident this week. https://t.co/rbyDGPH0WI
#WorldCentralKitchen founder Jose Andres has raised questions over the Israeli probe into a strike that killed seven of his staff in #Gaza, and warned that the conflict had become a “war against humanity itself.” https://t.co/RDEtYIU3yJ
World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés compared Israel’s war effort to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bombardment of Ukrainian cities. https://t.co/xtLb0outL8
Head of aid group struck by IDF says Gaza campaign ‘war against humanity itself’ https://t.co/2pGHNjDKIc
"This doesn't seem a war against terror. This doesn't seem anymore a war about defending Israel. This really, at this point, seems it's a war against humanity itself," José Andrés tells @MarthaRaddatz after seven World Central Kitchen workers were killed. https://t.co/pYbFw0dG52 https://t.co/Vxwl8RkXf6
After Israel killed several aid workers in Gaza, @NRC_Egeland says the U.S. and other Israeli allies must do more to address "a war machine out of control" that is hampering critical humanitarian relief. https://t.co/b9E4fOFW1G
This is a disgusting blood libel by Jose Andres against Israel and the Jewish people. What could Israel possibly have gained in wanting to kill these brave aid workers systematically car by car? It was a tragic error and sadly the Hamas terror war leads to terrible consequences…
A ‘war against humanity itself’: José Andrés still reeling from Israeli attack that killed his workers https://t.co/DFfk895abH
Tonight I’ll speak with US (ret.) Army Maj. John Spencer @SpencerGuard on the Gaza war — six months on. What has Israel achieved and is this a just war when we look at the casualties? We’ll talk through all the numbers on @ILTVNews tonight! https://t.co/TaSlIcNlwK
José Andrés Tears Into IDF Probe Into Drone Strikes Which Killed His Aid Workers: 'The Perpetrator Cannot Be Investigating Himself' https://t.co/NB4z3BQAuE
Foreign minister Penny Wong says the death of seven workers from the World Central Kitchen convoy cannot be brushed aside by the Israeli government. An Aussie was killed during the strike in Gaza. Watch live here: https://t.co/Tib3wBLHhY #6NewsAU | https://t.co/eU0kSSqP9E https://t.co/u0c0r6ULGx
Former IDF spokesperson, @jconricus, speaks to @PamelaParesky about the Israel-Palestine war and the recent deaths of World Central Kitchen aid workers. https://t.co/mG0D7wdtDS
Chris Wallace Condemns World Central Kitchen Deaths Amid Israel-Hamas War https://t.co/FbN2VNUjuy
A good point made by the World Central Kitchen founder: it is “complicated to understand” how the U.S. could send the “military to do humanitarian work,” while weapons it provides “are killing civilians” in Gaza. https://t.co/vniyn45Yxc
Speaking of Israeli forces: “They were targeted systematically, car by car,” said José Andrés, the World Central Kitchen founder. “We were targeted deliberately, nonstop until everybody was dead in this convoy.” https://t.co/KEcn4Jv51l
Israeli forces say ‘misidentification at night’ led to the bombing of an aid convoy belonging to the charity in which seven of its members were killed, but its founder Jose Andres says the IDF systematically targeted the aid workers, ‘car by car’. https://t.co/htFiMWtIJ4
According to the @IDF, a Hamas gunman actually mounted a WCK vehicle and fired in the air two hours before the airstrike. The IDF called the WCK, who called its workers, who did not answer. The IDF called off one airstrike before the second one took place. https://t.co/rIdRYhTQkA
As an Israeli drone attacked the World Central Kitchen convoy, surviving staff kept trying to flee from one vehicle to the next, only for Israel attack that next vehicle as well, deliberately destroying all three vehicles, and leaving seven staff dead. https://t.co/KEcn4Jv51l
José Andrés, who has several Vegas restaurants and founded World Central Kitchen, is asking for answers after seven WCK workers were killed in an Israeli strike. Tune into This Week on Channel 13 at 10 a.m. tomorrow to see the full exclusive interview. https://t.co/8H8DjE7krs https://t.co/KP3rdYMDJJ
A Bay Area chef and relief worker remembers Damian Sobol, one of seven World Central Kitchen civilians killed in a recent Israeli airstrike. https://t.co/dDdnxd0jm2
World Central Kitchen founder Chef Jose Andres says Israel is committing "war against humanity" in exclusive "This Week" interview https://t.co/31QDx22Mbu
Beyond World Central Kitchen, other aid workers attacked despite notice to the Israeli military: 1. An UNRWA food convoy. 2. A Doctors Without Borders convoy. 3. The residence of a logistics coordinator for American Near East Refugee Aid. https://t.co/5mijbzNIEW
Industry Minister Ed Husic has said the killing of seven aid workers in Gaza, including the Australian citizen Zomi Frankcom, by the Israeli military "reflects a systematic failure" to the observance of international humanitarian law. Read more: https://t.co/41KybedmHQ https://t.co/AavAMEqC92
"World Central Kitchen aims to get its staff home by 4:30 p.m. every day," but an hours-long delay at a Israeli checkpoint at the jetty for unloading food "that day forced it to travel at night," when an Israeli drone killed seven of them. https://t.co/KEcn4Jv51l
World Central Kitchen rejects the Israeli "grave errors" explanation for killing seven food-delivery workers. That conveniently ignores the rules of engagement that evidently give so little value to Palestinian civilian lives that this could have happened. https://t.co/OHvUoxtMg0