Israel Gaza: Charity suspends Gaza aid work after staff killed
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World Central Kitchen (WCK) said workers from countries including the UK, Poland and Australia were killed.
WCK founder and chef José Andrés said they were killed "in an IDF air strike". The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was conducting a "thorough review".
Gaza's Hamas-run media office also blamed Israel.
The alleged strike could not be immediately verified independently.A journalist working for the BBC in Gaza has seen the bodies of three international aid workers and a Palestinian driver, recovered from the site of the alleged air strike. Foreign passports were also shown.
WCK later said in a statement that seven of its team had been killed and were Australian, Polish, British, Palestinian and a dual US-Canadian citizen.
"I am heartbroken and appalled that we - World Central Kitchen and the world - lost beautiful lives today because of a targeted attack by the IDF," the charity's CEO Erin Gore said in a statement.
"The love they had for feeding people, the determination they embodied to show that humanity rises above all, and the impact they made in countless lives will forever be remembered and cherished".
Ms Gore said WCK was pausing its operations immediately in the region.
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