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After long standing support of Israel in its war with Hamas terrorists, President Joe Biden is joining a chorus of world leaders furious over the drone strikes that killed aid workers in Gaza, including one American.
Biden issued a statement claiming Israel 'has not done enough to protect aid workers trying to deliver desperately needed help to civilians' as thousands of Palestinians are caught in the crosshairs of war and left without food, water and other necessary supplies.
The president called for a 'swift' investigation to bring accountability to what he said was not a 'stand alone incident'.
Israel apologized for what it called 'a grave mistake' and said it is investigating the incident.
International outrage ensued after the convoy of aid workers for World Central Kitchen was hit by an Israeli 'triple tap' drone strike on Monday, leaving seven dead. The three cars were marked as humanitarian aid and were struck while moving along a route approved by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).
President Joe Biden is calling for an investigation and accountability after an Israeli drone strike killed seven aid workers in Gaza on Monday. Dual American-Canadian citizen 33-year-old Jacob Flickinger (right) was among the seven killed in the IDF drone attack
Biden is among the world leaders who want accountability for the deaths.
'I am outraged and heartbroken by the deaths of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen, including one American, in Gaza yesterday,' Biden wrote in a strongly-worded statement on the incident. 'They were providing food to hungry civilians in the middle of a war. They were brave and selfless. Their deaths are a tragedy.'
The president added: 'Israel has pledged to conduct a thorough investigation into why the aid workers' vehicles were hit by airstrikes. That investigation must be swift, it must bring accountability, and its findings must be made public.
The American killed in the attack was Jacob Flickinger, 33, who was a dual citizen of Canada.
A GoFundMe fundraiser set up to assist Flickinger's partner Sandy and their one-year-old son notes that he was an aid worker in Gaza since early March working with World Central Kitchen and prior to that was on a mission with the organization in Mexico.
Money raised through the GoFundMe aims to help Flickinger's family 'reestablish themselves after his tragic death.' It claims Flickinger was the 'sole financial provider' and the money will help in setting up a trust for his son, as well as flight and funeral arrangements.
Also among those killed in the strike were three British armed forces veterans who were serving as security for the aid mission – John Chapman, 57, James (Jim) Henderson, 33, and James Kirby, 47.
Additional relief workers who died in the strike were 25-year-old Palestinian Saifeddin Issam Ayad Abutaha; Australian Lalzawmi (Zomi) Frankcom, 43; Damian Soból, a 35-year-old from Poland.
People carry the body of one of the foreign workers from World Central Kitchen who was killed in the airstrike as the bodies are transported to their families outside of Gaza
American-Canadian Jacob Flickinger, 33, who was one of the seven victims of the strike
British military veterans James Henderson, 33, (center), John Chapman, 57, (left) and James Kirby, 47, (right) were traveling in the World Central Kitchen aid convoy providing meals to Palestinians on Gaza when they were hit and killed by missiles fired by an IDF drone
Polish World Central Kitchen aid worker Damian Sobol, 35, (left) and Australian aid worker Lalzawmi (Zomi) Frankcom, 43 (right) were among those killed in the strike in Gaza
Palestinian Saifeddine Issam Ayad Abutaha, 25, was part of the WCK team that was killed in the strike
World leaders from the countries of the deceased
