Raf Sanchez is a foreign correspondent for NBC News.
TEL AVIV — The parents of a U.S.-Canadian aid worker killed in Israeli strikes on a World Central Kitchen convoy say they do not have confidence in Israel’s military to fairly investigate and are calling for an independent probe into the attack that claimed the life of their only son. Jacob Flickinger, 33, was among seven humanitarians with the U.S. charity who were killed in the series of Israeli strikes in central Gaza on Monday night.
He and his partner have an 18-month-old son and were starting a new life together in Costa Rica. His death echoes the loss of his grandfather, a U.S. fighter pilot who was killed in service. “I grew up without a father,” John Flickinger said. “So I immediately thought his son growing up again without a father.” Labrecque said she drew comfort knowing that her son was “very happy to do the work he was doing” and had been driven to help people on the brink of famine in Gaza.
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