The seventh aid worker killed in the strike was laid to rest in Gaza.
World Central Kitchen aid workers who were killed in Gaza, Damian Sobol, Lalzawmi Frankcom, James Kirby, Jacob Flickinger, John Chapman, Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha, and James Henderson.The bodies were taken by ambulance from the Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital morgue in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, hospital officials said, beginning the long journeys home to their respective countries around the globe.
Herzi Halevi, chief of the Israel Defense Forces, said in a video statement Tuesday that the airstrike that killed the aid workers was a “grave mistake" and was "not carried out with the intention of harming the WCK aid workers." In addition to Abutaha, the WCK aid workers killed in the strike were identified as Damian Sobol, 35, of Poland; Jacob Flickinger, 33, a duel U.S.-Canada citizen; and Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom, 43, of Australia. Also killed were three members of the WCK security team, John Chapman, 57, James Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47, all of Great Britain.
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