A mission of mercy, then a fatal strike: How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel's target

 

April 12, 2024



DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It was hours after sundown when the eight aid trucks drove from the makeshift jetty, cobbled together from tons of wreckage left across Gaza by months of war.

The trucks were escorted by three vehicles carrying aid workers from the World Central Kitchen, the relief organization that had arranged the massive food shipment. All seven aid workers wore body armor. The cars were marked, including on the roof, with the group's emblem, a multicolored frying pan.

After a grueling crawl along a beaten-up road, it seemed like mission accomplished. The convoy dropped off...



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