Gaza aid workers press on, shaken by lethal Israeli strike on convoy
The shock waves of the lethal Israeli military strike on a World Central Kitchen convoy are creating fresh obstacles for humanitarian workers in Gaza who continue to fight famine even as they themselves are at risk.
The local humanitarian workers, who lack the protections of international organizations, have been left shaken by the strikes on the WCK staff, whom they had befriended. They say a suspension in operations by aid agencies in Gaza poses more obstacles to their mission.
“The airstrike on the WCK convoy elicited a range of emotions: fear, sadness, and outrage,” says Aisha Salem, a manager at the Economic & Social Development Center of Palestine, a Palestinian nongovernmental organization that distributes food
