A Canadian-American citizen is among the seven aid workers who were killed by an apparent Israeli airstrike in Gaza.

The World Central Kitchen says three British nationals, an Australian, a Polish national, an Canadian-American dual citizen and a Palestinian working for the charity were in the process of delivering food that had arrived by sea on Monday when they were struck in the evening.

The charity, which was founded by celebrity chef Jos茅 Andr茅s and operates in several countries wracked by wars or natural disasters, says it is has suspended operations in the region.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that the country91裸聊视频檚 forces carried out the 91裸聊视频渦nintended strike91裸聊视频� on 91裸聊视频渋nnocent people in the Gaza Strip.91裸聊视频�

He says officials are investigating and 91裸聊视频渨ill do everything for this not to happen again.91裸聊视频�

The charity was key to a recently opened sea route, which offered some hope for northern Gaza 91裸聊视频� where the U.N. says much of the population is on the brink of starvation, largely cut off from the rest of the territory by Israeli forces.

Andr茅s says he is 91裸聊视频渉eartbroken91裸聊视频� by the deaths of his colleagues.

91裸聊视频淭he Israeli government needs to stop this indiscriminate killing. It needs to stop restricting humanitarian aid, stop killing civilians and aid workers, and stop using food as a weapon,91裸聊视频� he wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Cyprus, which has played a key role in trying to establish the sea route to bring food to territory, said ships that recently arrived were turning back 91裸聊视频� with some 240 tons of undelivered aid.

Footage of the airstrike showed the workers91裸聊视频� bodies, several wearing protective gear with the charity91裸聊视频檚 logo, at a hospital in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah.

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