World Central Kitchen says Palestinian staffer was killed near Gaza’s Deir al-Balah

The World Central Kitchen says a Palestinian staff member was killed in Gaza on Wednesday, four months after seven staffers were killed by Israeli strikes in an attack that drew widespread condemnation.

The WCK identifies the person as Nadi Sallout, saying in a post on X that he was “an integral member of our warehouse team from the early days of our response in Rafah and a humanitarian at his very core.”

The organization says it is still learning the details of the incident but that it believes he was off duty at the time. He was killed near Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, it adds, without assigning blame for his death.

Israeli airstrikes hit a convoy of aid vehicles traveling through Gaza on April 1, killing seven WCK staff, including citizens of the United States, Australia, Britain and Poland. The Israel Defense Forces later called the strikes “serious mistake, which stemmed from a serious failure,” and dismissed two senior officers and formally censured several others over the incident.

One of our Palestinian colleagues, Nadi Sallout, was killed tonight near Deir al-Balah, Gaza. He was an integral member of our warehouse team from the early days of our response in Rafah and a humanitarian at his very core. We are still learning the details of this tragedy, but… pic.twitter.com/XlBmenqYig

— World Central Kitchen (@WCKitchen) August 7, 2024