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Widespread shock and calls for an investigation after seven aid workers were killed in Gaza by Israeli air raids.
World Central Kitchen is suspending its aid operations and has turned around a ship carrying 240 tonnes of food which had been heading to Gaza.
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admits that Israel responsible for the attack but says this happens in war.
US Correspondent Richard Arnold told Mike Hosking that the Biden Administration has been in direct contact with Israel about this.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has said that you shouldn’t have a situation where people who are simply trying to help their fellow human beings are themselves at grave risk.
Arnold said that José Andrés, the founder of the aid group, said that they coordinated the shipment with Israeli defence forces before the attack, and is now urging Israeli authorities to “stop restricting aid”.
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