Tributes to slain food aid workers
ISRAELI airstrikes that killed seven aid workers in Gaza reverberated around the world, as friends and relatives mourned the losses.
Those killed were delivering food to Palestinians with the charity World Central Kitchen.
The dead were three British nationals, an Australian, a Polish national, an Americancanadian dual citizen and a Palestinian. Some had travelled the world, participating in aid efforts in the aftermath of wars, earthquakes and wildfires.
Saif Issam Abu Taha, 27, had worked for World Central Kitchen as a driver and translator since the beginning of the year, relatives said.
His brothers described him as a dedicated young man eager to help fellow Palestinians.
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Saif had hoped to get married. “My mother was looking for a wife for him,” Abdul Razzaq Abu Taha said. “He was supposed to get married if the war didn’t happen.”
Friends and family remembered Australian Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom, 43, as a brave, selfless woman whose care for others drew her across the globe.
Damian Sobol, 35, was known as a cheerful, friendly and resourceful manager who quickly rose in World Central Kitchen’s ranks.
Hailing from the southeastern Polish city of Przemysl and studying hospitality there, Sobol had been on aid missions in Ukraine, Morocco, Turkey and, for the past six months, Gaza.
The three British victims were military veterans who had been in dangerous situations before. They died providing security for the
WCK aid mission.
Jacob Flickinger was a 33-year-old dual citizen of the United States and Canada. He was reportedly the team lead.
Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly called for a full investigation and tweeted on X that strikes on humanitarian personnel were “absolutely unacceptable.”