At least two Britons working for the charity World Central Kitchen are believed to be among seven people killed in the Gaza airstrike.
The workers were in the process of delivering desperately needed food aid that had arrived by sea from Cyprus, ITV News' Charlie Frost reports
At least two Britons are believed to have died, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said, along with other foreign aid workers from He said a thorough investigation will take place, as well as discussions with foreign governments, so that "everything will be done that something like this will not happen again."Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron said the Foreign Office was “working to verify” reports that British nationals were among the aid workers killed, adding the government wanted “a full, transparent explanation of what happened”.
Israeli military officials described the deaths of the aid workers as "tragic" after the "unintended" air strike. WCK’s founder, celebrity chef Jose Andres, said in a post on X: "Today @WCKitchen lost several of our sisters and brothers in an IDF airstrike in Gaza. “I am heartbroken and grieving for their families and friends and our whole WCK family. These are people… angels… I served alongside inPalestine Red Crescent Society said the killed employees "were targeted by Israeli occupation forces" in a post on X on Tuesday. It added two of the bodies were initially missing, but were later located and retrieved by the PRCS team.
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