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"This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war."
That from Erin Gore, CEO of World Central Kitchen, after an Israeli airstrike killed seven of the group's workers in Gaza on Tuesday, the Washington Post reports.
The workers were killed as they left a warehouse in Gaza where they had unloaded more than 100 tons of humanitarian food aid brought to the enclave by sea.
"More and more people, particularly children, are dying of starvation," Gore said in a joint statement with celebrity chef Jos ? Andr's, who founded WCK with his wife, Patricia, in 2010.
"We've known for months that famine is imminent and the situation is getting worse," the statement continued.
"With food scarce and malnutrition rising, international experts have warned that some 30% of Gaza's population is already facing 'catastrophic' levels of hunger and that northern Gaza could officially see famine anytime between now and May."
World Central Kitchen had been working to get food into Gaza, where it's been severely limited by Israeli border restrictions, logistical challenges, and ongoing fighting.
The US-based organization said last week that it had provided
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