José Andrés Says Israel Targeted World Central Kitchen Workers ‘Systematically’

World Central Kitchen founder José Andrés said in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday that the seven World Central Kitchen workers who were killed by an Israeli strike while delivering aid Gaza earlier this week were targeted “systematically, car by car.”

“This was not just a bad luck situation where ‘oops’ we dropped the bomb in the wrong place,” Andrés said. “Even if we were not in coordination with the [Israel Defense Forces], no democratic country and no military can be targeting civilians and humanitarians.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhayu has acknowledged the workers were killed by an Israeli airstrike, which he called “unintentional.” John Kirby of the U.S. National Security Council said on Tuesday that the U.S. had not seen any evidence the attack was intentional. Kirby said the U.S. was “outraged” by the attack, but scoffed when a reporter questioned the U.S. continuing to offer unconditional military aid to Israel.

“The U.S. must do more to tell Prime Minister Netanyahu this war needs to end now,” Andrés told Reuters a day later.

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