Seven aid workers, including three British nationals, were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit their humanitarian convoy
Former Marine James Henderson, from Cornwall, was among those killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a humanitarian convoy.
A security source and analysis of footage from the scene of the attack confirmed that Mr Henderson was among the dead. “He hadn’t been out there long, only a couple of weeks,” the friend said. “The group he was working for broke the news to the family this morning.”UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron described the incident as “completely unacceptable” and demanded Israel “urgently explain how this happened and make major changes to ensure the safety of aid workers on the ground”.
The cars were hit as they were leaving an aid warehouse, where the team had been unloading 100 tons of food brought in by sea.analysis confirming they were struck at different points along a 1.5 mile stretch of a road in the Deir al-Balah area.that survivors of the first attack had had tried to take cover in the second car before that too was bombed, before moving to a third which was also hit.
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