Israel targeted aid workers in Gaza ‘systematically, car by car’, says chef Jose Andres
- The World Central Kitchen charity had clear communication with the Israeli military, which knew his staff’s movements, the celebrity chef says
- Andres, who spoke to US President Joe Biden on Tuesday, pressured the United States to do more to stop the war in Gaza
Celebrity chef Jose Andres said in an emotional interview on Wednesday that an Israeli attack that killed seven of his food aid workers in Gaza had targeted them “systematically, car by car”.
Speaking via video, Andres said the World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity group he founded had clear communication with the Israeli military, which he said knew his aid workers’ movements.
“This was not just a bad luck situation where ‘oops’ we dropped the bomb in the wrong place,” Andres said.
“This was over a 1.5, 1.8km, with a very defined humanitarian convoy that had signs in the top, in the roof, a very colourful logo that we are obviously very proud of,” he said. It’s “very clear who we are and what we do”.
Andres said the IDF was aware of the convoy’s whereabouts. He called for investigations of the incident by the US government and by the home country of every aid worker that was killed.
