🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇬🇧 🇵🇱 🇦🇺 🇺🇸 At least four foreign workers of World Central Kitchen, an #American NGO that provides food relief, were killed in an apparent #Israeli airstrike that targeted their vehicle in central #Gaza, #Palestine.

Passports recovered from the bodies indicate that #Polish, #Australian, and UK nationals are amongst the casualties. Via theatlasnews.co
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Reportedly, the dead are Francom Lalzawmi from Australia, Damian Sobol from Poland, Saif Abo Taha (the driver) from Rafah, Palestine, and the last two unidentified dead, #British and #Irish nationals.

"The IDF makes extensive efforts to enable the safe delivery of humanitarian aid, and has been working closely with WCK in their vital efforts to provide food and humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza" a military statement said in response to the report. The IDF says they will conduct a "thorough review" to "understand the circumstances" of the "tragic incident."

🇹🇼 ⚠️ 🇯🇵 7.4 magnitude earthquake rocks #Taiwan – Tsunami warning issued as well as in nearby #Japan.

The U.S. Geological Survey, around two hours ago, detected a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that occurred approximately 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Hualien City, located along Taiwan’s eastern coast.

Footage shows some sliding collapsed houses, specifically in Hualien County. Other general damage inflicted by earthquake to infrastructure, including bridges, rail lines, and power lines. Military has been dispatched for emergency purposes. The earthquake is the strongest to hit Taiwan in 25 years, according to a spokesperson from the island’s Central Weather Administration (CWA).

The CWA issued a tsunami warning for the northern coast shortly, advising citizens to move to higher ground. However, not all residents reportedly received the alert.

Japan’s Meteorological Agency also issued a tsunami warning for both Miyako and Okinawa islands, saying that waves up to about 10 feet (3 m) were expected at the time, about an hour ago. Via theatlasnews.co

🇮🇱 🇵🇸 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 🇵🇱 #Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said Israel's armed forces had "unintentionally" struck a convoy from the humanitarian group World Central Kitchen in #Gaza late Monday, killing seven aid workers.

All three aid cars were seemingly precision struck by IDF munitions, all at separate locations on the route.

"Unfortunately, in the last day there was a tragic case of our forces unintentionally hitting innocent people in the Gaza Strip," Netanyahu said Tuesday. "It happens in war. We will investigate it right to the end. ... We are in contact with the governments, and we will do everything so that this thing does not happen again."

Earlier, the IDF expressed "sincere sorrow" over the deaths while stopping short of accepting responsibility.

Three of the seven killed have been identified:

-Saif Abu Taha, a Palestinian driver and translator for WCK killed in the strike, was originally from Rafah, reports the BBC.

-The family of Lalzawmi Frankcom, a 43-year-old from Melbourne, Australia, confirmed her death in a statement, according to multiple outlets, describing her as a “kind, selfless and outstanding human being [who] travelled the world helping others in their time of need.”

-Damian Sobol, an aid worker from Przemyśl, Poland was another victim in the strike, as confirmed by Przemyśl’s mayor Wojciech Bakun in a Facebook post that referred to Sobol as a “fantastic boy.”

-Three British nationals, whose names have not been released, were also killed—U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that officials are “urgently working to verify” the information, saying also he spoke with Israeli FM Israel Katz to emphasize the deaths are “completely unacceptable.” (It is unclear if one of these was mistaken for Irish earlier)

-A dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada was also killed, according to WCK, no identity confirmed.
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Geolocation by Bellingcat:

https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/04/02/strike-that-killed-world-central-kitchen-workers-bears-hallmarks-of-israeli-precision-strike