WCK makes food for freed hostages, their families in Tel Aviv as it ramps up Gaza operations

Volunteers with the World Central Kitchen are preparing food for the freed hostages and their families at hospitals in Tel Aviv, as their teams continue to make meals for Gazans.

“Today in Tel Aviv, WCK and our local partner Wix served dinner to released hostages and their loved ones when they were finally able to reunite after two years,” the organization says, referring to the tech company.

“We also delivered comforting meals to families of hostages at local hospitals that are staying with their relatives as they begin to recover,” the organization says on Facebook.

In Gaza, the organization will “keep increasing the number of hot meals… plus hundreds of thousands of pita bread plus water… every day teams will work harder and more organized opening new kitchens and increasing output in the ones already open!” the organization’s founder, chef José Andrés, says on X.

The WCK, which operates in crisis areas worldwide, has been active in both Israel and Gaza since the October 7, 2023, Hamas assault, which triggered the war.

It briefly suspended operations in Gaza for a month last year, when the IDF struck a WCK convoy by mistake, killing seven aid workers.