World Central Kitchen says Israel ‘gravely injured’ yet another aid worker in Gaza

An aid worker with World Central Kitchen was “gravely injured” in an Israeli airstrike on a mosque just minutes before the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) killed seven workers with the organisation earlier this month, the aid group said.

The Palestinian aid worker, identified as Amro, was injured in an airstrike on the al-Bashir Mosque in Deir al-Balah in Gaza, World Central Kitchen said in a statement Wednesday afternoon.

Amro, a humanitarian aid worker with World Central Kitchen, was “gravely injured” in an Israeli airstrike, the aid group said on Wednesday (World Central Kitchen)

“Amro sustained serious head and hand injuries while he was off duty in a home close to the mosque in the area surrounding our warehouse and newly established kitchen in Deir al-Balah,” the humanitarian aid organisation said.

He is now recovering in a hospital, getting “stronger every day.” World Central Kitchen said the strike that injured Amro came just fifteen minutes before the IDF launched a series of three strikes that killed seven humanitarian aid workers on 1 April. The workers were returning after coordinating an aid shipment and travelling in vehicles bearing the organisation’s logo when they were killed.

The IDF killed seven aid workers travelling in vehicles marked with the World Central Kitchen logo (AP)

The victims were identified as Saifeddin Issam Ayab Abutaha, 25, of Palestine; Lalzawmi Frankcom, 43, of Australia; Damian Soból, 35, of Poland; Jacob Flickinger, 33, a US-Canadian dual citizen; along with UK citizens John Chapman, 57, James Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47.

Israel’s military has since called the deadly strikes a mistake.

Since 7 October, Israel’s bombardment of Gaza has killed more than 33,400 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza. On 7 October, Hamas launched a surprise attack against Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking more than 200 people hostage.

The Independent has contacted the IDF for comment.

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