Editorial | Killing of aid workers a cry to stop Gaza war
- Attack that killed seven as they sought to provide food amid humanitarian crisis, along with strike on Iran’s mission in Syria, should focus minds on averting further bloodshed
The death and devastation wreaked by the war in Gaza has lasted six months and the bloodshed continues, despite a recent United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire. There is a danger the world will become inured to the violence.
If so, two recent attacks should focus minds. Seven aid workers were killed by an Israeli military strike this week as they bravely sought to provide food desperately needed amid a deepening humanitarian crisis.
The victims included Australian, British, Polish, Palestinian and US- Canadian employees of charity World Central Kitchen (WCK).
Israel described the killings as a “tragic accident”. There has been widespread criticism around the world.
But the appalling attack should never have occurred. It is, as the United Nations has pointed out, an inevitable consequence of the way in which the war is being waged.
The indiscriminate killing must stop.