The nonprofit that seven
Gaza aid workers killed in an
Israeli airstrike volunteered for has called for the
UK government to investigate. The team of World Central Kitchen (WCK) workers, including three Britons, were driving along the coast after unloading aid when they came under
fire. WCK security officers John Chapman, 57, James ‘Jim’ Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, all died in the blast on Monday. Images showed the vehicles, clearly marked with the charity ’s saucepan logo, with gaping holes on the roofs. Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and top
MILITARY officers have taken some responsibility for the attack, saying they are investigating. Israeli officials have shrugged off claims that the aid workers were deliberately targeting, dubbing it ‘nonsense’. For WCK, this isn’t good enough. The nonprofit, which has provided 43 million meals to starving Gazans since the start of the war, has urged global governments to launch their own ‘independent investigations’ into the deadly incident. ‘Israel has admitted to the killings but called it “a tragic event in which our forces unintentionally harmed non-combatants,” and something that “happens in war,” WCK said in a statement this morning. The killed humanitarian aid workers included three Britons, a Palestinian, an
Australian, a Pole and a dual US-Canadian citizen. Each respective government must join the WCK in demanding a ‘third-party investigation… including whether they were carried out intentionally or otherwise violated international law’. WCK added: ‘Yesterday, to ensure the integrity of the investigation, we asked the Israeli government to immediately preserve all documents, communications, video and/or audio recordings, and any other materials potentially relevant to the April 1 strikes. ‘An independent investigation is the only way to determine the truth of what happened, ensure transparency and accountability for those responsible, and prevent future attacks on humanitarian aid workers.’ Concerns Israel may have broken international law are shared by three former
Supreme Court judges who joined more than 600 lawyers and academics in writing to prime minister Rishi Sunak. In a 17-page letter dated yesterday, the legal experts say that given the International Court of Justice’s opinion that there is a plausible risk of genocide, the UK is legally obliged to prevent this from continuing. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video ‘While we welcome the increasingly robust calls by your government for a cessation of fighting and the unobstructed entry to Gaza of humanitarian assistance, simultaneously to continue… the sale of weapons and weapons systems to Israel… falls significantly short of your government’s obligations under international law,’ the signatories. Lightning strikes
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shooting that left one child dead revealed World’s oldest man dies just two months before 115th birthday The government must do what it can to ‘avoid UK complicity in grave breaches of international law, including potential violations of the Genocide Convention’. Ministers, they added must not only call for a ceasefire but sanction ‘individuals and entities who have made statements inciting genocide against Palestinians’. Follow us to receive the latest news updates from Metro (Picture: Getty Images) Metro’s on Whatsapp! Join our community for
BREAKING news and juicy stories. ‘This was a military attack that involved multiple strikes and targeted three WCK vehicles. ‘All three vehicles were carrying civilians; they were marked as WCK vehicles; and their movements were in full compliance with Israeli authorities, who were aware of their itinerary, route, and humanitarian mission.’ To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video José Andrés, the founder of WCK and a celebrity chef, told Reuters that the Israeli airstrike was no mistake. He stressed it was driving from a warehouse in Deir al Balah, having unloaded some 100 parcels of aid, through a deconflicted zone and had coordinated their movements with the IDF. ‘This was not just a bad luck situation where ‘oops’ we dropped the
bomb in the wrong place,’ he said. ‘This was over 1.5km, 1.8km, with a very defined humanitarian convoy that had signs in the top, in the roof, a very colourful logo that we are obviously very proud of. ‘It’s very clear who we are and what we do.’ Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk . For more stories like this, check our news page . MORE : World War Three fears ignited after ‘Israeli strike’ takes out Iran’s top commanders MORE : Fury as Met
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