“We recall the Israeli obligation under International Humanitarian Law to protect humanitarian workers at all times,” they added.” A high number of humanitarian workers have lost their lives since the beginning of the war in Gaza.”
More than 200 humanitarian workers have been killed since the start of the war, according to Spanish newspaper El País.
World Central Kitchen, a U.S.-based organization that said it had supplied 42 million meals over 175 days in Gaza, suspended its operations in the region following the strike.
Israel is under growing international pressure over its conduct in Gaza, where more than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed in ongoing bombardments, according to local authorities. Israel’s military operations began in retaliation for a deadly attack by Hamas militants on its soil on Oct. 7 last year.