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President Biden is set to speak with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday as pressure mounts on Israel over the killing of aid workers in Gaza, with World Central Kitchen calling for an independent investigation into the strikes that left seven of its staff dead earlier this week..
The killings prompted questions about the effectiveness of the mechanism used by the Israeli military to keep humanitarian workers out of harms way on the battlefield..
The World Central Kitchen incident has added to questions about Israels conduct of the war in Gazaand how an operation in the southern city of Rafah could play out..
This tragedy reinforced the expressed concern over a potential Israeli military operation in Rafah, specifically focusing on the need to ensure the evacuation of Palestinian civilians and the flow of humanitarian aid," Austin said, according to a U.S. readout of the meeting..
The fallout from the strikes is hindering the humanitarian response in Gaza, where the majority of its 2.2 million people are desperately hungry, displaced and without access to medical care. World Central Kitchen, one of the main providers of food to Gazans, suspended its operations in the enclave following the attacks..
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