7 World Central Kitchen aid workers die in Gaza bombing, adding to growing number of humanitarian workers, journalists killed in Israel-Hamas war [Video]

Seven humanitarian aid workers who were delivering food supplies in Gaza were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Monday — adding to the growing list of volunteers and journalists killed since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in October.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday confirmed that Israel’s armed forces “unintentionally” struck a convoy that belonged to the humanitarian group World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza.

“It happens in war,” Netanyahu said. “We will investigate it right to the end, we check it to the end. We are in contact with the governments, and we will do everything so that this thing does not happen again.”

WCK, a nonprofit founded by celebrity chef José Andrés, has provided more than 37 million meals to Palestinians in Gaza since Oct. 7. The charity said in a statement that the seven aid workers killed included citizens of Australia, Poland and the United Kingdom, as well as one U.S.-Canada dual citizen and a Palestinian driver.

“They are not faceless. …