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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaWho were the World Central Kitchen workers killed in Gaza?Published40 minutes agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsIsrael-Gaza warThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Australian aid worker Lalzawmi “Zomi” Frankcom (seen on the left), who was killed in Gaza, was seen in this recent WCK videoBy Hafsa Khalil & Rushdi AbualoufBBC NewsSeven aid workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) have been killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, the charity’s founder said on Tuesday.The victims were British, Polish, Australian, Palestinian and also included a dual US-Canadian citizen, WCK said.A journalist working for the BBC in Gaza has seen the bodies of three international aid workers and the Palestinian member of the team. The passports of the three showed them to be from Australia, Poland and the UK.Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged that the Israeli military hit “innocent people”, describing it as tragic and unintentional.”It happens in war, we check it to the end, we are in contact with the governments, and we will do everything so that this thing does not happen again,” he said in a video message.Here’s what we know about the aid workers killed.Lalzawmi ‘Zomi’ Frankcom Ms Frankcom died “doing the work she loves”, her family said in a statement.The aid worker from Melbourne, Australia was described as a “kind, selfless and outstanding human being [who] travelled the world helping others in their time of need”.”She will leave behind a legacy of compassion, bravery and love for all those in her orbit,” they added.Last month, WCK posted a video on X of Ms Frankcom at their kitchen in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, which was newly opened.Dora Weekley, a friend and former WCK colleague, told ABC News that Ms Frankcom was “dedicated” and someone who made sure people in need had a hot meal to look forward to every day.Ms Weekley met Ms Frankcom in 2019, when they responded to Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas, and worked with her again during the summer bushfires in Australia.Charity halts work in Gaza after strike kills staffDamian SobolThis video can not be playedTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Media caption, Watch: Archive video shows Damian Soból describes loading trucks with “pots ready to cook 20,000 meals”Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has confirmed Mr Sobol was killed. “Our brave compatriot, Mr Damian Sobol from Przemysl, helped people in need in Gaza where there is a humanitarian crisis. He was killed during an attack which the Israeli army has accepted responsibility for,” he said in a video message on X. In an earlier post, he said he had personally asked the Israeli ambassador for an “urgent explanation” for the strike.Polish President Andrzej Duda wrote on X that it was “with deep pain” that he learned about the deaths of the WCK volunteers, including a Polish citizen.”These brave people changed the world for the better with their service and dedication to others. This tragedy should never have happened and must be explained,” he said.Mr Sobol, from Przemysl in south-eastern Poland, was originally identified by the city’s mayor in a Facebook post.Wojciech Bakun called Mr Sobol a “fantastic boy” and said words could not describe how those who knew him were feeling.Colleagues of Mr Sobol have posted comments on social media describing how he had taken part in delivering aid to Ukrainian refugees following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Image source, Wafa news agencyImage caption, Hundreds of people gathered to mourn Saif Abu Taha, a driver for World Central KitchenSaif Abu TahaMourners gathered in the Gazan city of Rafah on Tuesday for the funeral of the Palestinian driver who was killed in the strike.Hundreds of people mourned Saif Abu Taha, whose body was transported to Rafah, his hometown, where relatives, colleagues and friends carried him on their shoulders.Image source, Saif Abu TahaImage caption, Saif Abu Taha (L) posted a selfie with Damian Sobol (R) on Instagram nine weeks ago”He was happy to work with an organisation that provides humanitarian aid to the displaced, our hearts are broken by your death, Saif,” his close friend Hassan said amid tears, sadness and anger. “You have hurt us with your passing, and we will not forget you. We pray for your mercy, Saif, and may God give us patience and give patience to your family and loved ones.”British and US-Canadian nationalsThe WCK has confirmed to the BBC that three British nationals were killed in the attack.UK Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron said the Foreign Office was working to verify reports of the deaths, adding that full support would be provided to their families. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was “shocked and saddened” by the incident and sent his thoughts to the friends and families of the victims. He added that aid charities should be “praised and commended” for their work, which they should be allowed to do “unhindered”.WCK said those killed also included a dual US-Canadian citizen. The US and Canada have not yet commented.Large number of aid workers killed in GazaMore than 196 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since October, according to the US-funded Aid Worker Security Database, which records major incidents of violence against aid personnel.Most of those killed since the war broke out six months ago worked for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, which runs the biggest aid operation in Gaza.About 1,200 people were killed and 253 hostages taken when Hamas launched its unprecedented attack on southern Israel on 7 October. About 130 hostages remain in captivity, at least 34 of whom are presumed dead.Since then, 32,916 people have been killed in Gaza, including many women and children, the Hamas-run health ministry says.Related TopicsIsrael-Gaza warGazaHumanitarian aidPolandAustraliaMore on this storyGaza hospital in ruins after two-week Israeli raidPublished19 hours agoCharity halts Gaza work after strike kills staffPublished1 hour agoAid reaches shore in Gaza after first sea deliveryPublished16 MarchFirst Gaza aid ship sets off from CyprusPublished12 MarchTop StoriesLive. 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BBC HomepageSkip to contentAccessibility HelpYour accountNotificationsHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeMore menuMore menuSearch BBCHomeNewsSportWeatheriPlayerSoundsBitesizeCBBCCBeebiesFoodClose menuBBC NewsMenuHomeIsrael-Gaza warCost of LivingWar in UkraineClimateUKWorldBusinessPoliticsCultureMoreTechScienceHealthFamily & EducationIn PicturesNewsbeatBBC VerifyDisabilityWorldAfricaAsiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastUS & CanadaWar a real threat and Europe not ready, warns Poland’s TuskPublished7 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, HANNIBAL HANSCHKE/EPA-EFEImage caption, Mr Tusk (R) praised a change in mentality among European allies but said the next two years were criticalBy Paul KirbyBBC NewsPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has delivered a blunt warning that Europe has entered a “pre-war era” and if Ukraine is defeated by Russia, nobody in Europe will be able to feel safe.”I don’t want to scare anyone, but war is no longer a concept from the past,” he told European media. “It’s real and it started over two years ago.”His remarks came as a fresh barrage of Russian missiles targeted Ukraine.Russia has intensified its bombardment of Ukraine in recent weeks. Overnight into Friday Ukraine’s air force said it had shot down 58 drones and 26 missiles and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said energy infrastructure had been damaged in six regions, in the west, centre and east of the country.Ukraine’s national energy company has announced emergency blackouts in three regions of the country – Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kirovograd – and have urged consumers to limit electricity use. The provider, Ukrenergo, blamed “the massive Russian attack on Ukrainian power plants overnight.” Mr Tusk, a former president of the European Council, said Russian President Vladimir Putin had already blamed Ukraine for the jihadist attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall without any evidence and “evidently feels the need to justify increasingly violent attacks on civil targets in Ukraine”. He pointed out that Russia had attacked Kyiv with hypersonic missiles in daylight for the first time earlier this week.He used his first foreign interview since returning to office as Polish prime minister at the end of last year to deliver a direct appeal to Europe’s leaders to do more to bolster its defences.Regardless of whether Joe Biden or Donald Trump won November’s US presidential election, he argued Europe would become a more attractive partner to the US if it became more self-sufficient militarily.Image source, EPA-EFE/Jakub Szymczuk/KPRPImage caption, Mr Tusk (R) and Polish President Andrzej Duda held talks earlier this month with President Biden at the White HouseIt was not about Europe achieving military autonomy from the US or creating “parallel structures to Nato”, he said. Poland now spent 4% of its economic output on defence and every other European country should spend 2% of GDP, with the European Union as a whole mentally prepared to fight for its security.Since Russia launched its full-scale war in Ukraine, relations with the West have reached their lowest ebb since the worst days of the Cold War, although President Putin said this week that Moscow had “no aggressive intentions” towards Nato countries. The idea that his country would attack Poland, the Baltic states and the Czech Republic was “complete nonsense”, he said. And yet he also warned that if Ukraine used Western F-16 warplanes from airfields in other countries, they would become “legitimate targets, wherever they might be located”.This is not Mr Tusk’s first warning of a pre-war era. He gave centre-right European leaders a similar message earlier this month.However, he revealed that Spain’s Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, had asked fellow EU leaders to stop using the word “war” in their summit statements, because people did not want to feel threatened. Mr Tusk said he had replied that in his part of Europe, war was no longer an abstract idea.Appealing for urgent military aid for Ukraine, he warned that the next two years of the war would decide everything: “We are living in the most critical moment since the end of the Second World War.”Image source, Omar Marques/Anadolu Image caption, Mr Tusk said Poland now spent 4% of its GDP on defence and called on other EU states to meet a 2% targetWhat was most worrying now, he told journalists from some of Europe’s biggest newspapers, was that “literally any scenario is possible”.He remembered a photo on the wall of his family home in Poland that showed people laughing on a beach at Sopot, near Gdansk where he was born, on the southern Baltic coast.The image was from 31 August 1939, he said, then a dozen hours later and 5km (three miles) away, World War Two began.”I know it sounds devastating, especially to people of the younger generation, but we have to mentally get used to the arrival of a new era. The pre-war era,” he warned.Despite his chilling remarks, Mr Tusk was more optimistic about what he called a real revolution in mentality across Europe. When he was Polish prime minister for the first time, from 2007 to 2014, he said few other European leaders beyond Poland and the Baltic states realised Russia was a potential threat.He praised several European leaders and highlighted the importance of security co-operation between Poland, France and Germany – an alliance known as the Weimar Triangle. And he pointed to Sweden and Finland, once paragons of pacifism and neutrality but now members of Nato.Meanwhile, Ukraine’s newly appointed commander-in-chief Gen Oleksandr Syrskiy admitted in a rare interview that Russia was outgunning Ukrainian forces “about six to one” on the front line.”The defence forces are now performing tasks along the entire vast front line, with little or no weapons and ammunition,” he warned in an interview with the Ukrinform news agency, saying the situation was “tense” in some areas.Gen Syrskyi said Ukraine had lost territory it would “undoubtedly have retained” with “a sufficient number of air defence systems and artillery shells”, and said the country hoped to receive more aid and missiles soon.The latest warning from Poland’s Prime Minister echoes what his neighbours in the Baltic states have been saying for some time; if Russia can get away with invading, occupying and annexing whole provinces in Ukraine then how long, they fear, before President Putin decides to launch a similar offensive against countries like theirs, that used to be part of Moscow’s orbit? Defence spending per capita is noticeably higher in the NATO countries bordering Russia than it is in western Europe. Vladimir Putin, who critics say has just “reappointed himself” to a fifth presidential term in a “sham election”, has recently said he has no plans to attack a NATO country. But Baltic leaders like Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas say Moscow’s word cannot be trusted. 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