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Opinion: Israel's killing of aid workers is no accident

In his latest opinion piece for Middle East Eye, columnist Jonathan Cook argues that Israel's killing of aid workers is part of a wider plan to destroy Gaza. 

He writes: "World Central Kitchen, which has been building a pier off Gaza’s coast, was expected to be an adjunct to Washington’s plan to eventually ship in aid from Cyprus - to help those Palestinians who, over the next few weeks, do not starve to death.

"Until, that is, Israel struck the aid convoy, killing its staff. WCK has pulled out of Gaza for the time being, and other private aid contractors are backing off, fearful for their workers’ safety.

"Goal one has been achieved. The people of Gaza are on their own. The West, rather than their saviour, is now fully complicit not only in Israel’s blockade of Gaza but in its starvation too."

You can read the full column below. 

Opinion: Israel's killing of aid workers is no accident. It's part of the plan to destroy Gaza

palestinians react after bombardment al-bureij camp
Palestinians react at a hospital where casualties of Israeli bombardment on al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip were transported on 8 April 2024 (AFP)