“INDISCRIMINATE KILLING”
The founder and chief of World Central Kitchen, Spanish-born US-based chef Andres, mentioned he was “heartbroken and grieving for his or her households and buddies and our entire WCK household”.
“The Israeli authorities must cease this indiscriminate killing,” he wrote on social media. “It must cease proscribing humanitarian assist, cease killing civilians and assist employees, and cease utilizing meals as a weapon.”
The charity mentioned it had coordinated its actions with the Israeli military and was travelling in autos branded with its brand.
It has paused its operations in Gaza.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who on Tuesday was visiting a Palestinian refugee camp in Jordan, mentioned “I count on and demand that the Israeli authorities make clear as quickly as attainable the circumstances of this brutal assault”.
The EU’s international coverage chief Josep Borrell, who can be Spanish, mentioned that “regardless of all of the calls for to guard civilians and humanitarian employees, we see new harmless casualties”.
“I condemn the assault and urge an investigation,” he wrote on X.
Warsaw mentioned it had requested the Israeli ambassador for “pressing explanations” in regards to the incident, which killed one Polish citizen, and provided “condolences to the household of our courageous volunteer”.
Polish Overseas Minister Radoslaw Sikorski mentioned the nation had additionally opened its personal inquiry into the help employee’s dying and Deputy Overseas Minister Andrzej Szejna mentioned that Israel ought to compensate the households of the help employees killed.
“The authorities ought to take into consideration who ought to be held criminally answerable for urgent a sure button and compensate the households of the victims — even when it is not possible to take action with cash,” Szejna advised Radio Zet.
Criticism additionally got here from Beijing, which mentioned it was “shocked” by the strike.
Since Hamas’s October 7 assaults triggered the battle, Gaza has been below a near-complete blockade, with the United Nations accusing Israel of stopping deliveries of humanitarian assist.