The Israeli army killed seven workers from the World Central Kitchen organization in Gaza, in an operation that took place in April 2024. The victims were initially associated with Hamas by Israeli forces, although they were not combatants of the group.
A subsequent investigation revealed that an Israeli military practice that gives commanders leeway to identify targets based on the alleged association with combatants influenced the decision to carry out the attack. This method allows identifying people as targets based on their alleged connection to armed groups.
Israeli authorities attributed the deaths to a misassessment by the military forces and failures to follow established procedures. The investigation acknowledged that the humanitarian workers did not represent any threat at the time of the attack.
World Central Kitchen is an international humanitarian organization that provided food assistance in the Gaza Strip during the conflict. The incident caused international condemnation and raised questions about Israeli military procedures regarding the protection of civilians and humanitarian workers.
