Israel-Gaza : Air strike kills World Central Kitchen heroes

[Jayhawker Soule]

From The Times of Israel:

IDF acknowledges strike that killed aid workers as home countries demand explanation​

Faced searing criticism on Tuesday, Israel acknowledged mistakenly carrying out a strike that killed seven staff members of a US-based charity group who were unloading food brought by sea to the war-torn Gaza Strip.​

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The group World Central Kitchen said it was pausing operations after a “targeted Israeli strike” on Monday killed Australian, British, Palestinian, Polish and US-Canadian staff. The Israeli military promised to investigate the incident “at the highest levels.”​

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WCK has been working to unload food brought to Gaza by sea from Cyprus. The killing of its aid workers compounds already intense criticism Israel has faced by those accusing it of withholding aid from the hunger-stricken region.​

This is not the fog of war; it's the blindness of malignant indifference. And, yes, the people trying to feed the hungry in the midst of carnage are heroes who should be lauded, not slaughtered.

 

[Revoltingest]

WCK apprises Israel of their movements, complete
with coordinates. Their vehicles are identified with
with clear markings.
Accident?
Another possibility is that it's intentional. Israel
has been preventing aid to the people it's starving
to death. Israel, or at least some of its soldiers,
could view WKC as the enemy preventing Jewish
takeover of Gaza.
Israel believes that the UN is anti-Israel, & even
in cahoots with Hamas. Israel kills UN workers.
Why not this group too, eh.
Don't worry. Israel is investigating itself.

 

[anna.]

From The Times of Israel:

IDF acknowledges strike that killed aid workers as home countries demand explanation​

Faced searing criticism on Tuesday, Israel acknowledged mistakenly carrying out a strike that killed seven staff members of a US-based charity group who were unloading food brought by sea to the war-torn Gaza Strip.​

​

The group World Central Kitchen said it was pausing operations after a “targeted Israeli strike” on Monday killed Australian, British, Palestinian, Polish and US-Canadian staff. The Israeli military promised to investigate the incident “at the highest levels.”​

​

WCK has been working to unload food brought to Gaza by sea from Cyprus. The killing of its aid workers compounds already intense criticism Israel has faced by those accusing it of withholding aid from the hunger-stricken region.​

This is not the fog of war; it's the blindness of malignant indifference. And, yes, the people trying to feed the hungry in the midst of carnage are heroes who should be lauded, not slaughtered.

They died helping their fellow humans. May their memory be a blessing, and a rebuke. José Andrés should've won the Nobel Peace Prize by now. His work, and the work of all his teams, on behalf of people in dire need all over the world (whether man-inflicted or nature-inflicted) is awe-inspiring and humbling.

 

[dybmh]

it's the blindness of malignant indifference.

What are the facts which are producing this assertion?

 

[Revoltingest]

WCK apprises Israel of their movements, complete
with coordinates. Their vehicles are identified with
with clear markings.
Accident?
Another possibility is that it's intentional. Israel
has been preventing aid to the people it's starving
to death. Israel, or at least some of its soldiers,
could view WKC as the enemy preventing Jewish
takeover of Gaza.
Israel believes that the UN is anti-Israel, & even
in cahoots with Hamas. Israel kills UN workers.
Why not this group too, eh.
Don't worry. Israel is investigating itself.

If this really is a strategy of enhancing
Palestinian starvation, it appears to be
working....

UPDATE: World Central Kitchen charity halts Gaza operations after Israeli strike kills 7 workers...​

 

[metis]

No matter whether it was accidental or intentional, it's still a tragedy.

 

[Revoltingest]

No matter whether it was accidental or intentional, it's still a tragedy.

"No matter..."?
The difference between accident & intent
has monumental significance. The latter
evidences Israel's policy of genocide.
The former is mere incompetence.

This isn't a "tragedy" like earthquakes
or hurricanes. This killing & consequent
rescinding of aid effort is something that
Israel perpetrated....with consequences far
greater than those immediate deaths.
Now that WCK has ended its aid operation,
many more Palestinians will starve.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

No matter whether it was accidental or intentional, it's still a tragedy.

If it was accidental, it brings to mind of a video of a US helicopter in Afghanistan that opened fire on and killed a man who was taking his kid to school. Him running was proof enough, just as a camera lens was proof enough of an RPG launcher when a journalist got killed by US Military.
These aid workers were marked and identified. IDF killed them anyways.
When will it ever be enough?

 

[Twilight Hue]

From The Times of Israel:

IDF acknowledges strike that killed aid workers as home countries demand explanation​

Faced searing criticism on Tuesday, Israel acknowledged mistakenly carrying out a strike that killed seven staff members of a US-based charity group who were unloading food brought by sea to the war-torn Gaza Strip.​

​

The group World Central Kitchen said it was pausing operations after a “targeted Israeli strike” on Monday killed Australian, British, Palestinian, Polish and US-Canadian staff. The Israeli military promised to investigate the incident “at the highest levels.”​

​

WCK has been working to unload food brought to Gaza by sea from Cyprus. The killing of its aid workers compounds already intense criticism Israel has faced by those accusing it of withholding aid from the hunger-stricken region.​

This is not the fog of war; it's the blindness of malignant indifference. And, yes, the people trying to feed the hungry in the midst of carnage are heroes who should be lauded, not slaughtered.

Bad intelligence and communication. Unfortunately that happens in war.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

They died helping their fellow humans. May their memory be a blessing, and a rebuke. José Andrés should've won the Nobel Peace Prize by now. His work, and the work of all his teams, on behalf of people in dire need all over the world (whether man-inflicted or nature-inflicted) is awe-inspiring and humbling.

Well said.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

What are the facts which are producing this assertion?

It really sickens me when I see carnage denial.

 

[Revoltingest]

Bad intelligence and communication. Unfortunately that happens in war.

That seems an inadequate explanation.
- WCK informed Israel of its travel plans & coordinates.
- WCK had its logo on to of the car.
- The hole in the car's roof indicates a smart guided bomb.
- Such accuracy in identifying & striking the car strongly
suggests ability to see the logo on the car.

 

[Twilight Hue]

That seems an inadequate explanation.
- WCK informed Israel of its travel plans & coordinates.
- WCK had its logo on to of the car.
- The hole in the car's roof indicates a smart guided bomb.
- Such accuracy in identifying & striking the car strongly
suggests ability to see the logo on the car.

I'd say some heads will roll then.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Bad intelligence and communication. Unfortunately that happens in war.

Oh SNAP!

 

[Revoltingest]

I'd say some heads will roll then.

Aye, Israel is investigating itself.

This is what Israel is like, ie, intense hatred
for Palestinians, with impunity for those
who kill, torture, & rob Palestinians....

Israel/OPT: Horrifying cases of torture and degrading treatment of Palestinian detainees amid spike in arbitrary arrests

Israeli authorities have dramatically increased their use of administrative detention, a form of arbitrary detention, of Palestinians across the occupied West Bank; extended emergency measures that facilitate inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners; and failed to investigate incidents of...

www.amnesty.org

 

[metis]

These aid workers were marked and identified. IDF killed them anyways.
When will it ever be enough?

I'm not making excuses for the IDF, but one should know that accidents do happen in war. In Vietnam, for example, there were numerous "friendly-fire" killings, and a close friend of mine was in one but survived.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I'm not making excuses for the IDF, but one should know that accidents do happen in war. In Vietnam, for example, there were numerous "friendly-fire" killings, and a close friend of mine was in one but survived.

Yes, accidents happen. But the IDF has a history of killing aid workers. It seems they've put no effort into preventing it.

 

[metis]

Yes, accidents happen. But the IDF has a history of killing aid workers. It seems they've put no effort into preventing it.

I doubt very much it was intentional, but the tight conditions within the area in the south makes it conducive to these mistakes happening. There are no drawn battle lines.

Where I am very disappointed is that the IDF, imo, should be using less bombs and artillery and more house-to-house fighting even though that ups the casualty rate for the IDF.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

I'm not making excuses for the IDF, but one should know that accidents do happen in war.

That is absolutely true, which is why an abundance of caution should be demanded and an abundance of jingoism eschewed.

 

[Yerda]

They were so brave. To risk your life in order to help feed people in a war zone makes you a special person. I wish I had a fraction of their courage.

I hope that their loved ones are at least a little consoled by the pride they must feel.