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James Hider

World Central Kitchen pauses Gaza aid, as Netanyahu acknowledges an 'unintended hit'

People gather around the wreckage of a car used by the U.S.-based aid group World Central Kitchen on Tuesday after it was hit by an airstrike the previous day in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. (-/AFP via Getty Images)

The World Central Kitchen, the international food charity founded by chef José Andrés, announced early on Tuesday that it was pausing aid operations after it said an Israeli airstrike killed seven of the organization's workers in Gaza.

The organization said its workers had been traveling in a "deconflicted zone" in two armored cars carrying the World Central Kitchen logo and a soft skin vehicle. It said that despite organizing travel with the Israeli military, the convoy was hit as it was leaving a warehouse in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

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