Updated
Apr 03, 2024, 12:07 PM
Published
Apr 03, 2024, 11:57 AM
An Israeli airstrike on an aid convoy in Gaza on Monday killed seven workers from the charity World Central Kitchen including citizens of Australia, Britain, Poland.
Israeli said it mistakenly killed the aid workers and promised a full investigation. Here's what we know about those killed.
SAIFEDDIN ISSAM AYAD ABUTAHA, PALESTINE
The 25-year-old Palestinian was buried in a ceremony attended by hundreds in his hometown of Rafah on Tuesday, according to BBC News.
"He was happy to work with an organisation that provides humanitarian aid to the displaced, our hearts are broken by your death, Saif," the BBC reported his close friend Hassan saying.
"You have hurt us with your passing, and we will not forget you."
LALZAWMI "ZOMI" FRANKCOM, AUSTRALIA
Known to her friends as "Zomi", the 43-year-old Lalzawmi Frankcom joined World Central Kitchen after an earlier career at the Commonwealth Bank.
Social media posts show her in Pakistan and Bangladesh during floods in 2022 and on a motorbike convoy delivering aid into the Haitian highlands a year earlier.
"For her it was the perfect job, she got to serve hot meals to people who were having maybe the lowest point of their lives," her friend Bryan Weaver told Reuters.
"She made you feel like you were the only person in the room.
In a statement her family said Zomi left behind a legacy of compassion, bravery and love.
DAMIAN SOBOL, POLAND
Sobol, a relief worker, lived in the city of Przemysl, in southeastern Poland, according to the city's mayor Wojciech Bakun.
"There are no words to describe the feelings of people who knew this amazing young man right now," he wrote in a Facebook post.
Sobol, aged 35, was pictured in videos shot months before his death, itemising aid supplies bound for Gaza, including water systems, ki...