World Central Kitchen founder Jos Andrs says Israel targeted staff in Gaza 'car by car'

[Mr. Sparkle]

Source: BBC

World Central Kitchen (WCK) founder José Andrés has accused Israeli forces in Gaza of targeting his aid workers "systematically, car by car". Monday's strike which killed seven members of his staff was not a mistake, he said, repeating that Israeli forces had been told of their movements. WCK workers from Australia, Canada, Poland, the UK and the US were killed as well as their Palestinian colleague. Israel says the strike was a "grave mistake" and has apologised. It has also promised an independent investigation.

According to the charity, the aid convoy was hit while leaving the Deir al-Balah warehouse, "where the team had unloaded more than 100 tonnes of humanitarian food aid brought to Gaza on the maritime route". The convoy was made up of three vehicles, including two that were armoured, which clearly displayed the charity's logo. All three were hit during the strike. Speaking to Reuters news agency on Wednesday, the Spanish-American celebrity chef said this was not a "bad luck situation where, 'oops,' we dropped the bomb in the wrong place".

In a separate interview with Israel's Channel 12 news, Mr Andrés said "it was really a direct attack on clearly marked vehicles whose movements were known by everybody at the IDF [Israel Defense Forces]". The bodies of six of the dead WCK workers have since been taken from Gaza into Egypt to be repatriated. Their Palestinian colleague was buried in his hometown in Rafah, southern Gaza, on Tuesday. Humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip is in doubt after WCK - a key provider of aid to the territory - suspended operations.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68727828

[50 Shades Of Blue]

1. I don't doubt it for an instant.

[Phoenix61]

3. Neither do I. nt

[truthisfreedom]

2. Maybe US forces should accompany WCK on their missions there.

That would make the Israeli forces take notice.

[Codifer]

4. Remember

the USS Liberty attacked by Israeli jets in 1967. They will not care.

[Aussie105]

6. The accuracy needed to target three vehicles

tends to suggest this was not an 'oops - so sorry, it was an accident!'

How far up the chain of command did the order come from?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

7. Chef Jos Andrs said the 7 aid workers killed by an Israeli airstrike were "targeted deliberately,"

Link to tweet

[Roy Rolling]

8. The most disgusting thing

An obvious war crime committed by soldiers of the IDF has remained unpunished so far. Immediate diplomatic and security operations should have been instituted by every peaceful nation on earth.

[Polybius]

9. The time may have come to ban Israeli flag avatars here

I don't know how anyone can continue to support them, and I say this as someone who is 100% against the terrorist group Hamas and their October barbaric attack.

Edit: I am strictly talking about the Israeli flag, not the Star of David or anything similar.

[Behind the Aegis]

10. Israeli flag avatars?

I haven't seen any.

[rpannier]

11. I haven't either

I realize my post adds nothing of substance to the conversation
Just stating my observation

[Polybius]

12. I've seen a few, but perhaps they were from the same person

Obviously I'm not talking about Star Of David's like yours, just the flag itself.

[Behind the Aegis]

14. Thanks. I was wondering because I haven't seen a single one. Not even after Oct. 7th.

I did see a hybrid Israeli/Ukranian flag, but that may have been on another site.

[Mosby]

18. should my sig line be banned?

Maybe I should replace it with a yellow star, you know, so people know what I'm about.

[Polybius]

19. Nah

Just flags.

[Mosby]

20. Including Palestinian flags?

After all, according to recent polls:

57% of respondents in Gaza and 82% in the West Bank believe Hamas was correct in launching the October attack...

So a large majority of Palestinians support Hamas and their unprecedented, unprovoked, hellish attack on Israel. Is that something liberals and progressives should support here on DU by sporting their flag?

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-palestinians-opinion-poll-wartime-views-a0baade915619cd070b5393844bc4514

[Polybius]

22. Excellent point

I guess you can't ban one without the other.

[riversedge]

13. Here is a photo of the location of the 3 hit cars.......

.webp

[azureblue]

15. Mistake?

oh Bullshit. They knew. Whoever called the strike should be tried in court and hanged.

[The Grand Illuminist]

17. Agreed

The worst kind of death is a slow death by denying innocents the right to healthy nutritious food and force them to live off of grool. To Bibi, the grool must flow.

[electric_blue68]

16. Damn those particular IDF soldiers, and who ever ordered/allowed this. Hideous action!

[Aussie105]

21. Look familiar?

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Not Midde East, not current. (Afghanistan, 7 years ago.)

"The CIA’s drone program claimed one of its highest-profile scalps last week when the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, Hakimullah Mehsud, was killed by a missile strike in the country’s lawless northwest tribal area."

Takes a lot of technology and skill to track a single vehicle and be sure of who is in it, and destroy it.

Three vehicles in different locations, taken out with pinpoint accuracy, all at the same time.

Not accidental.
But if you believe it was a triple accident, you will also believe US military hardware wasn't involved.